Food regulator FSSAI has asked states to increase surveillance for preventing the sale of adulterated and counterfeit food items during the upcoming festival season, as part of the objective to safeguard public health.
In an advisory to all state food commissioners dated September 29, the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) stressed the need to focus on sensitive locations.
With the onset of the upcoming Navratri and Diwali festivals, the demand for sweets, savouries, beverages, edible oil and milk & milk products and other food items rises, the regulator said.
In view of this, the FSSAI stressed the need for “heightened surveillance and enforcement actions to prevent the circulation of adulterated, counterfeited and unsafe food products namely – milk & milk products, sweets, snacks & savouries including namkeen, papad/fryums, edible oil, beverages and ghee.”
To safeguard public health, the FSSAI asked state food commissioners to conduct inspections and …
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