Punjab govt puts food safety teams on high alert ahead of festivals

As a precautionary measure against the sale of substandard sweets in the ensuing festive season in Punjab, the state government led by Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh has put the food safety teams on high alert.

Notably, the food safety teams of Punjab have been directed to maintain a constant vigil on the bulk sale and purchase of milk and milk products, especially Khoya, besides the routine inspections.

Punjab’s food safety commissioner KS Pannu, said, “It is general impression that substandard khoya procured at cheaper rates from other states is stored ahead of the festival season in the cold stores by the sweets manufacturers, so we are constantly checking the cold stores across the State and are also putting the owners on guard against storing spurious items.”

Divulging into the details, KS Pannu informed that 4 cold stores namely in Kapurthala, 7  in Bathinda ,6 in Hoshiarpur, 6 in  Jalandhar, 5 in Sangrur , 2 in Barnala cold store ,2 in Patiala, 3 in Sri Mukatsar , 2 in Fazilka, 5 cold stores in Amloh, 2 in Faridkot / Kotakpura area and 2 in Pathankot are inspected so far.

Pannu, in the end, said that “extensive checking and the crackdown on the adulterators would continue in full swing to keep the substandard food articles at bay.”

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