In an attempt to tighten noose around the sweet shops using and selling adulterated milk and milk products, the Food Safety and Drugs Administration (FSDA) authorities seized at least seven suspected samples of food items from various sweet shops in the city.
“We have taken seven samples of food items from various sweet shops. Four teams – three in tehsils and one in the city have been formed – to make more such raids and take samples of milk and milk products,” said Archana Dheeran, designated officer, FSDA, Meerut unit. The seven samples taken include two samples of buffalo milk from different sweet shops at Hapur Road, one sample of buffalo milk from Sardhana Road, one sample of flavoured milk
from a shop at Hapur Road and one sample of paneer from a dairy in Pallavpuram.
“Apart from the milk products, we also took samples of food items, which looked suspected including chana from a sweet shop in Kithore and gravy from D-block in Shastri Nagar. The samples have been taken and carefully packed and sent to the Lucknow laboratory,” said Dheeran.
The report generally arrives in a month’s time and if the samples are found adulterated, action will be taken against them.
Source: Times of India
