Food Safety Teams Inspect 106 Establishments in 12 Districts
Srinagar,KNT: The Food Safety and Drugs Administration (FDA), Jammu and Kashmir, has collected 152 food samples during a special enforcement drive carried out across 12 districts to check the quality and safety of food items sold to consumers.
The inspection campaign covered the districts of Jammu, Srinagar, Kathua, Udhampur, Poonch, Rajouri, Anantnag, Kulgam, Budgam, Pulwama, Bandipora and Baramulla, with enforcement teams focusing on sweets, prepared food, particularly meat and meat products, and other food items considered vulnerable to quality violations.
During the drive, Food Safety Officers inspected 106 food business establishments and collected 66 samples of sweets, 71 samples of prepared food, mainly meat and meat products and 15 samples of other food commodities.
The collected samples have been sent to NABL-accredited food testing laboratories for analysis to determine whether they conform to the standards prescribed under the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006.
The administration advised food business operators to maintain hygiene, sanitation and quality standards and ensure compliance with the provisions of the Food Safety and Standards Act and the regulations framed under it.
The inspection drive comes days after the FDA prohibited the sale of certain batches of ghee, tea and sauce in Jammu and Kashmir following regulatory action. [KNT]
