Health dept raids grocery stores in Civil Lines to check adulteration

Ludhiana: Acting on a tip-off, a health department team raided a sweet shop in Civil Lines and took samples of several milk food items to check for adulteration.
The food safety team also carried out raids in several departmental stores located in Industrial Area (B) and Gill Road and collected samples of several food items like salt, ghee and wheat grains, which were suspected to be either adulterated or expired.
District health officer (DHO) Rakesh Garg said, “As a preventive measure, food safety team conducted inspection at several departmental stores in city limits on Monday and sealed several food items for laboratory testing.”
According to him, during the drive, the team has seized a huge stock of food items, including mustard oil, fruit beverages and pulses, among others, for further testing.
“We inspected after we were ‘informed’ that these shops owners were not following health safety norms and selling adulterated food items. The laboratory reports of seized items will come in next 15 days after that we will take appropriate action against them,” said the DHO.