Ludhiana, Aug. 4 -- Hygiene violations at bakeries and a food outlet, contaminated food at a dry fruit store, and alleged labelling irregularities on packaged products came to light during a district-wide enforcement drive conducted by the Food Safety and Drug Administration (FSDA) in Ludhiana on Monday.

Led by District Health Officer (DHO) Dr Ashish Chawla, the drive covered bakeries, restaurants, dry fruit stores, street food vendors and tobacco retail outlets across the district.

At two bakeries on Tibba Road, officials found serious hygiene and sanitation lapses and issued hygiene challans to the owners. Four food samples - pastry, cake sponge, jam roll and pastry cream - were collected and sent to the State Food Laboratory for anal...