In its Statewide intensive drive against adulteration of sweets, the Punjab Government is guarding all entry points to the State, including the railway stations, and bus stands. The Government has launched raids on shops, godowns suspected to be selling, storing, or manufacturing such products. Acting tough with all those selling adulterated and contaminated food items and playing havoc with the human lives, the Government has so far collected 17,917 samples from 2011 till date and sent them for detailed analysis.
“The Government has already launched an aggressive campaign against the sale of adulterated food items including sweets, khoya and other milk products especially during the ongoing festival season,” said State Health and Family Welfare Minister Surjeet Kumar Jayani.
He said that the Government has collected 17,917 samples so far and after getting them examined in the hi-tech labs, as many as 2,167 sampled failed.
“With a view to ensure purity in sweets and other eatables, over 2,000 traders have been inspected by the Department of Food and Supplies across the State. A staggering 500 traders were prosecuted for selling commodities in violation of health and safety norms,” he added.
Meanwhile, the officials has seized adulterated goods worth `1 crore in the State. From April 2014 till date, out of collected 3904 samples about 694 samples have failed, he said.