CHANDIGARH: Tightening the noose around food business operators (FBOs) trying to sneak substandard khoya into the state, the food safety officers have been directed to maintain a special vigil on railway stations, inter-state buses, trucks and cold stores.
Punjab food and drug administration commissioner Kahan Singh Pannu said regular inspections have curtailed the production of substandard and spurious products to a large extent in the state, but the intent to earn quick profits can lure some FBOs to buy inferior quality raw material from neighbouring areas. So, to check the inflow of substandard food material, the food safety teams have been directed to work in consonance with the railway authorities who may inform them whenever there is any khoya or paneer in transit and also check the cold stores in their jurisdiction.
The checking of buses is also underway and there have been a couple of breakthroughs in the same in Ludhiana where khoya from Bikaner was being sneaked into the city via an interstate bus.
Besides, vehicles supplying milk to sweet shops and dairies early in the morning are also being checked. Ahead of Diwali, the ambit of food safety inspections has been increased, said Pannu adding that rural sweets outlets have also been brought under regular inspection.
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