Flood contaminated food items seized

Continuing its drive against the adulterators the Food Safety department filed eleven complaints in the court of adjudicating officer Additional Deputy Commissioner Srinagar G M Dar under Food Safety and Standards Act, an official handout said. “The samples were lifted mainly from manufacturing units and include the samples of spices, milk products, beverages and sweets. The samples were declared Sub-standards/Misbranded by the Food Analyst Public Health laboratory Srinagar,” the handout said.
“In the meanwhile the team of Food Safety Officers in Srinagar seized 430 crates of flood affected Juice from Nowgam area of the district. Also 575 kilograms of Green tea which carried tempered date of packing was seized from Batmaloo areas. The samples of same were sent to Food Analyst Public Health Laboratory for analytical purpose.”