Gearing up to put a complete ban on the adulterated food products in the State, Punjab Government has asked its officials to launch a State-wide campaign to collect samples of food products keeping in mind the coming festive season.
Punjab Health Minister Surjeet Kumar Jayani, while presiding over a meeting of the district food safety officers, directed that Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal has asked him nobody should be allowed to play with the lives of people by supplying adulterated sweets, cheese and milk etc during the coming festive season.
Jayani directed the food safety officers to keep proper surveillance in the markets to check adulterated supply of sweets and no shopkeeper should be allowed to store sweets in the store houses in abundance.
He also asked the officers to raid all possible store houses such as cold stores etc and collect samples on regular basis.
“All below standard or expired food products should be destroyed in personal presence and fines should be imposed,” he said.
Minister also asked the officials to put surveillance teams to check flow of adulterated sweets and other milk products from other states.
Jayani also warned the officials that state level teams would also conduct surprise checks across the state to check adulteration, “and if field officials are found not performing their duty properly, the department would take strong action against them also”.
Minister also appealed to the public to provide information about the adulterators so that action could be taken against them.