Lucknow, Oct. 9 -- To provide devotees with pure, safe and quality food items during the Navratri festival, the Uttar Pradesh Food Safety and Drug Administration, has further intensified action against adulterators. Under the 'Shuddh Hi Shubh Hai' campaign, a wideranging enforcement drive was conducted across the state on Oct 8 and 9.
During the drive, establishments engaged in the manufacture, storage and sale of ghee, milk cream, edible oil, vanaspati, buckwheat (kuttu) and water chestnut (singhara) flour, and other fasting food items were thoroughly inspected.
According to the consolidated figures of the action taken in the state, about 22,642 kilograms of food items were seized, with an estimated value of about Rs 1.04 crore.
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