LUCKNOW, Oct. 29 -- Food safety officials on Thursday shut down two sweet-manufacturing units in Lucknow after finding unhygienic production conditions, missing licences and substances suspected to be used as additives in food products ahead of Diwali.

The teams seized hundreds of kilograms of sweets and other materials from the two premises, one in Madiaon and the other on Kanchana Bihari Marg in Kalyanpur.

Assistant commissioner, FSDA, Lucknow, VP Singh said the team suspected the use of saponified oil, rosin (hardening powder) and talcum powder as additives in food products. "Such substances could pose serious health risks. The premises were closed, and proceedings to lodge a complaint against the food business operator at the concer...