| Abstract: |
Amid a rise in the demand of sweets during the festive season, the consumers are being fleeced heavily by sweet shops as traders weigh boxes (around 180 gm) along with sweets, a practice that buyers tend to ignore. Health officials have cracked the whip on those involved in food adulteration by sealing six units in one week, but this ‘weigh game’ hasn’t attracted the attention of the authorities concerned yet. Almost all the sweet makers in the city indulge in such a practice and the buyers end up paying for the cardboard boxes. The weight of the box is sometimes more than 200 gm as it depends upon the quality of the cardboard and the number of partitions made in it. |
