Ujjain : With only a few days left for the festival of Deepawali, the Administrationhas planned an aggressive campaign and inspection programme to counter the problem of adulteration and sale of substandard food.
The department has issued an advisory to the public to check quality of sweets before making any purchases. Collector Kavindra Kiyawat, said, “ It is advisable that people only buy good quality sweets, whose demand is at its peak during Deepawali season. It has been noticed that a few unscrupulous elements are out to make huge profits by selling substandard sweets.” The department had recently seized quintals of substandard mawa and sweets during its raid, similarly samples of spurious items were taken off from various shops around the city.
“ Efforts to check the sale of substandard food have been increased in view of the festive season,” he said adding that all the employees had been assigned duties and their progress was being monitored daily. Collector said instead of purchasing sweets from the market, the residents should prepare sweets at their homes. “ At least sweets made at home will not have any harmful effects,” he added. He said the department had also warned shopkeepers against selling substandard sweets.
The general public could bring any such act of omission to the notice of the department on which action would be taken immediately, said the officer.
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