Jyani orders to intensify raids to check adulterated sweets during festive season

Chandigarh, October 16, 2014: Punjab Health Minister Surjit Kumar Jyani has directed all the civil surgeons to tighten the noose against not only the wholesale sweet sellers but also the small and medium shopkeepers selling unhygienic and impure eatables in the state, in continuation to the ongoing campaign to check the supply of adulterated eatables.   

In a statement issued here today, Jyani reiterated the Punjab government’s resolve to ensure the supply of hygienic and safe food products during the ensuing festival season. He directed Civil Surgeons and Health Officers at district levels to intensity the checking drive so that supply of adulterated sweets could be prevented.  He also asked to collect samples of food products right from the top wholesale sweet sellers to the street vendors including “Kulche Channe’ to check adulteration. He asked the health authorities to adopt zero tolerance against preparation and supply of adulteration sweets, cheese and milk based sweets and other eatables.                                   

Jayani directed the food safety officers to keep proper surveillance in the markets to check adulterated supply of sweets and no shopkeeper should be allowed to store Sweets in the store houses in abundance. He also asked the officers to raid all possible store houses such as cold stores etc and collect samples of collect samples on regular basis. The Health Minister also made public his contact no 9915708000 for the facilitation of general public to register their plaints, if the local health officers were not accessible.

 

Giving clear instructions to the surveillance teams, the Minister directed them to destroy the seized suspicious and adulterated eatables immediately after seizure in presence of the shop owners. He said that requisite penalties should also be imposed on the erring shopkeepers, who were found playing with the lives of people. He also warned officials that state level teams would also conduct surprise checks across the state to check adulteration and if field officials found not performing their duty properly then the department would take strong action against them also.

Minster also appealed to the public to provide information about the erring shopkeepers so that needful action could be taken against them. He also announced that identity of informers would not be made public and they would also be honoured by the department. 

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