Noida officials seize 6,425 kg of food in pre-Diwali checks, destroy 1,025 kg
Food safety teams in Gautam Budh Nagar checked sweet shops and dairies ahead of the festival. Here is how to spot adulterated sweets.
Food safety officials in Gautam Budh Nagar district have seized 6,425 kg of food items and destroyed 1,025 kg found unfit to eat during checks ahead of Diwali, Hindustan Times reported on 7 November.
Such drives target sweet shops, dairies and wholesale markets every festival season, when demand for sweets, khoa (mawa), paneer and ghee soars and adulteration rises with it. Samples are sent to laboratories, and traders whose food fails the tests can be fined or prosecuted under the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006.
How to buy safely
- Buy from shops that display their FSSAI licence or registration number.
- Check the “best before” date, which shops must display even for loose sweets.
- Be wary of sweets with very bright colours or a silver coating that does not tear easily, and of khoa that is unusually cheap.
- Report suspect food to the district food safety office or through FSSAI’s Food Safety Connect app.
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