Sambhal food safety drive: 820 kg sweets, 50 litres milk destroyed

Food safety teams in Sambhal destroyed 820 kg of rasgullas and 50 litres of milk during inspections under the 'Shuddh Hi Shubh Hai' campaign, according to the departmental account supplied by reporter Rajat Malhotra. The drive covered nine sweet shops and production units in Chandausi and rural parts of the district. More than ten samples were collected for laboratory testing.

The account said the inspections continued late into the night on October 31, 2026. Teams acted on directions from the Commissioner of Food Safety and Drug Administration in Lucknow and the Sambhal district magistrate. Assistant Commissioner (Food), Grade II, Manvendra Singh led the teams.

Officials reported the disposal of 370 kg of rasgullas and 50 litres of milk at a production unit in Mubarakpur Band village. Four samples were collected there. At another rasgulla-making unit in Mudiyakhera, in the Kudhfatehgarh area, the teams collected two samples and destroyed 450 kg of rasgullas, the account said. Together, the quantities reported at these two units totalled 820 kg of rasgullas.

At Guru Sweets, samples of paneer, khoya and ghee were collected for testing, and a notice was issued. Daksh Sweets also received a notice over deficiencies reported during the inspection. The account did not provide a laboratory finding establishing adulteration at either establishment.

In Chandausi, the team collected a cream chhena sample from Ganesh Sweets, a soan papdi sample from Kallu Halwai, and a chhena rasgulla sample from Jyoti Sweets. A notice was issued to Mangalsen Halwai. Samples of chhena and chhena rasgullas were also collected from Prempal in Bhirawati village.

The names of establishments and the actions described above are based on the supplied departmental account. Collection of a sample, or the issue of a notice, does not by itself establish that a product was adulterated. The testing process was still pending in the information supplied for this report.

Manvendra Singh said the collected samples had been sent to a laboratory. Further legal action would be taken against establishments found at fault after the reports were received, he said. The official also said the inspection campaign would continue through the festive period.

The account described the material destroyed during the drive as unfit. Its laboratory results were not included in the submission. The reported disposal quantities and the pending sample tests are therefore distinct parts of the operation; the report does not treat every inspected shop as having supplied unsafe food.