Bahraich Food Raids Destroy 125 Kg Contaminated Sweets, Collect Eight Samples

Food Department raids continue in Bahraich ahead of festival

The Food Safety and Drug Administration has continued its raids in Bahraich ahead of the upcoming festival season. During the action, around 125 kg of contaminated chhena and rasgulla stored at a sweet shop in Jarwal Road was destroyed. The department also collected 08 samples from Kaiserganj, Risiya and Gambhirwa.

Assistant Commissioner, Food Safety and Drug Administration, Bahraich, Dr. Amar Singh Verma, said the action was carried out on the instructions of the Commissioner, Food Safety and Drug Administration, U.P., and District Magistrate Rajesh Kumar Pandey.

He said the raids were conducted to effectively control the sale of adulterated sweets and other food items in view of the upcoming festival. The Food Safety and Drug Administration, Bahraich, along with inter-district teams, took part in the operation.

Two teams of food safety officers conducted raids in the markets of Jarwal Road, Kaiserganj, Risiya and Gambhirwa.

During the raid, the team found several days old contaminated chhena and rasgulla kept in a freezer at Bengali Mishthan Bhandar, located at Tufani Chauraha in Jarwal Road. The quantity was approximately 125 kg, and the material was destroyed. After this, the Jarwal Road market closed.

The team later collected a sample of khoya from Jhagru Sweet Shop in Kaiserganj. At Badri Sweet Shop, located near the tehsil, samples of milk barfi and milk cake were collected.

The second team collected samples of chhena rasgulla and gulab jamun from Vinayak Enterprises in Risiya market. In Gambhirwa market, samples of milk barfi and milk cake were collected from Yadav Mishthan Bhandar, while a sample of peda was taken from Suresh Sweet Shop.

One milk sample was also collected from a shop in Shivnagar. The department’s account states that 08 samples were collected in Kaiserganj, Risiya and Gambhirwa.

The team included Assistant Commissioner Dr. Amar Singh Verma, Chief Food Safety Officer Arun Kumar Shukla, Food Safety Officers Mukesh Kumar Srivastava, Aditya Verma, Ajay Kumar Singh, Kripa Shankar, Vinay Kumar, Anoop Singh and Smt. Preeti Verma.