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Title : Drive against food adulteration intensified; 13 challaned under FSSA, sweets samples lifted
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Source : Daily Excelsior
Year : 2018
Link : http://www.dailyexcelsior.com/drive-food-adulteration-intensified-13-challaned-fssa-sweets-samples-lifted/
Country : India
Commodity: All Food
Abstract: Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, Oct 30: Keeping in view upcoming Diwali festival, Food Safety wing, Jammu of Drug and Food Control Organization intensified drive against food adulteration and in the process challaned 13 food establishments under Food Safety & Standards Act, 2006 in last few days. A team of Food Safety officers headed by Dr Parvesh Kumar, Assistant commissioner, Food Safety Jammu inspected various food establishments including shops of sweets, bakery, fast food around Jewel Chowk, Vinaik Bazaar and Canal Road, opposite Science College, Jammu. During the drive, 18 shops keepers were challaned under Section 56 of Food Safety and Standards Act 2006 as they were processing, cooking and storing the sweets, milk and milk products under insanitary and unhygienic conditions.