Srinagar, Nov. 7 -- Two food licences suspended, 132 samples lifted; 800 kg of sweets destroyed in Jammu and Kathua
JAMMU: The Food and Drugs Administration (FDA), Jammu and Kashmir, has intensified food safety inspections across all districts ahead of Diwali, conducting 276 inspections and lifting 132 samples for analysis during a two-day enforcement drive.
The drive also resulted in the suspension of two food business licences for violations of licence conditions and the destruction of 800 kg of sweets found to have been processed under poor sanitary and unhygienic conditions in Jammu and Kathua districts. The destroyed sweets were estimated to be worth Rs 1.44 lakh.
According to the FDA, 34 cases were compounded under Section 69 of th...