The teams of the food and safety cell of district health department collected samples of sweets from many prominent shops in the State capital on Thursday and sent them to the laboratory in Rudrapur for testing. On-lookers were surprised when a team of department descended at City’s famous Kumar Sweet shop located at Clock Tower on the day. The team collected a sample of Burfi from the shop and sealed it. The District Officer Food Safety Anoj Thapliyal said that department teams collected samples of biscuits from Janta Bakers Dalanwala and cream biscuits from a shop in Banjarawala. He said that the process of sample collection would continue in view of the festival season. It is worth mentioning here that health minister Surendra Singh Negi had recently directed the department officials to undertake a sample collection drive of food products to ensure zero adulteration in them. He had directed the officials to conduct raids on massive scale and check the vehicles entering the state in Haridwar, Asharodi check post Dehradun, Haldwani, Tanakpur, Kotdwar and Kashipur.