LUCKNOW, Oct. 11 -- Ahead of Diwali and Bhai Dooj, the Food Safety and Drug Administration (FSDA) launched a major campaign to curb sale of adulterated and substandard food products, including sweets, snacks, dairy items, edible oils and other festive consumables across multiple establishments. The department collected 31 samples from various shops, production units and storage facilities. The crackdown resulted in the seizure of 12,894 kg of suspicious food products worth approximately Rs 6.65 lakh and the destruction of 1,552 kg of items valued at around Rs 2.51 lakh, said VP Singh, deputy commissioner, FSDA. Around 200 kg of toy sweets worth Rs 12,000 were seized near Khurram Nagar, besides 180 kg of sweets, 450 kg of Revri, 300 kg of cardamom seeds and 720 kg of gatta, collectively worth over Rs 1 lakh. Around 4 kg of adulterated talcum powder and expired packaged products were also seized. Two consignments of dry fruits were destroyed by the FSDA at Kumar Cold Storage, Hardoi Road; these included 85 kg of dates worth Rs 34,000, around 1,015 kg of dried dates (chuhara) worth Rs 2.03 lakh. The department also seized 7,664 one-litre bottles of packaged drinking water worth Rs 1.53 lakh from a plant in Kakori. Large volumes of mustard oil (over 3,200 kg) and other edible oils were seized from an outlet in Lal Kuan while around 56 litres of milk was found unsafe during roadside inspection and destroyed on the spot....