Health Dept raids sweet shop, takes samples
Kanwar Inder Singh/ royalpatiala.in
A team of officials of the food wing of the district Health Department on Monday evening raided and conducted an inspection of Malhotra sweet shop , Adalat Bazar, Patiala and collected samples of various items like paneerpakora, gulab jamun, ghewar, kalakand from the shop.
The raiding team is led by District Health Officer Dr Shaley Jaitely. As per health officials “they raided the sweet shop after a video of a customer showing a cockroach in the pakoras went viral on social media. Taking an immediate action, we raided the Malhotra sweet shop and collected the sweets, other eatables samples. The team thoroughly inspected the sweet shop. Necessary instructions were given to the sweet shop owner.”
“Now we will send these samples for testing to the Food Testing Laboratory. Action would be taken against the shopkeeper if any products fail the quality test,” added the health official.
August 22,2021
