Sweets shops, dairies raided

324 kg of paneer seized, samples of food items sent to lab

Sleuths of the Food and Drug Administration Department, along with the CM flying squad, today raided sweets shops, dairies and shops selling similar items in the Barwala and Raipur Rani areas.

Food Safety Officer Dr Gaurav Sharma said inspection of various sweets, ghee, shops, dairies, cheese makers and other places located in Barwala was done. During the inspection, 324-kg paneer worth Rs58,320 was seized.

He said samples of food items were taken and sent to the Food Laboratory, Karnal, for analysis under the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006.

Dr Gaurav said similar raids were also conducted in Raipur Rani. If any shopkeeper was found selling food items in the open, chopped fruits and rotten and malicious food items, all their food items would be destroyed and strict action would be taken against them.