After finding a huge quantity of various eatables, including petha, mathari and namkeens, and food grains, the relief material, not found worth consumption in checking, the Food Safety department made recommendation to destroy the materials that caught fungus.
On July 7, nine sacks of the rice, each carrying around 50 kg, was removed from the godown as it caught fungus after it soaked in rainwater while on way to the godown. On checking, the FSD officials didn’t find the rice worth consumption and recommended that it should be destroyed.
Similarly, on July 8, 500 water bottles were dumped outside the godown following recommendation of the FSD official who told the officials on duty at the godown not to send the bottles to the disaster-affected areas as the lot was not worth using. During the checking on July 9, the FSD officer Ramesh Singh found 400 packets of petha not worth eating while doing physical examination. He asked the officials, “I examined the petha pieces and found them not worth using. Therefore, I asked the officials to disposed off the petha pieces.” On July 10, around 40 kg of matharis, puris stored in the godown were also not found worth consumption.
Singh said, “On regular basis, I carry out physical examination of eatables and food grains, sweets, pethas, namkeens at the godown. The things not worth consumption are recommended to be destroyed. It is also recommended that the materials, which may catch fungus during transportation to the disaster-affected areas, should also not be dispatched.”
By carrying out physical examination, the department officials ensure that the materials worth consumption should be sent to the disaster-affected areas. He said that the examination was being carried out following instruction by the food commissioner. Moreover, Punjab sent 12 trucks of relief material, including 200 sacks of sugar, and other relief material. Relief material from other States also arrived here.