Doda Barfi was being made in unhygienic conditions; Food Safety Department took action against illegal sweet factory in Mathura:Illegal sweet factory in Jaisinghpura seized, goods worth ₹1.27 lakh seized

News Topical, Digital Desk : Unsanitary sweets are being sold in the city. The Food Safety Department detected a similar incident in Jaisinghpura, Govind Nagar, where an illegal sweets factory was operating without a license.

The Food Safety Department seized approximately ₹1.25 worth of sweets ingredients here. Meanwhile, 12 kg of contaminated sweetmeats were destroyed in Chhatikara.

Food Safety Department took action in Jaisinghpura

Contrary to the claims of the city's Food Safety Department, shopkeepers, especially sweet sellers, are arbitrarily compromising public health. By storing sweets and other food items in the open, they are inviting disease. Food Safety Officer Jitendra Singh received information that a sweet factory was operating behind Dr. VC Goyal Hospital, near Birla Mandir, Jaisinghpura.

The illegal factory was operating for many years.

Following this, a team comprising Assistant Commissioner of Food Dhirendra Pratap Singh and Chief Food Safety Officer Gyanpal Singh raided the specified location. This sweets factory was being operated illegally by Dinesh Garg, a resident of Ramanuj Nagar, behind Gurukul, Rajpur Bangar, Vrindavan. Doda burfi was found being manufactured in unsanitary conditions. A sample of doda burfi and a sample of angoori flour were taken.

Goods worth more than 1.25 lakh seized

Approximately 97 kg of doda barfi, 17 tins of refined soybean oil, 750 kg of sugar, 500 kg of semolina, and 200 kg of angoori flour (porridge) were seized from the factory. Their estimated value is approximately ₹127,000. The factory had been operating for several years and supplied sweets to numerous shops in Mathura and Vrindavan.

12 kg of Peda was destroyed in Chhatikara, a total of four samples were taken and sent to the laboratory for testing

Meanwhile, a raid was conducted at Agarwal Sweets in Chhatikara. Its operator was Amar Chand, from where a sample of sweet pastry was taken. Approximately 12 kg of contaminated sweet pastry, worth ₹3,600, was destroyed. In another raid, Food Safety Officer Arun Kumar took a sample of cheese from Ramu Dairy in Harnoul village. This resulted in a total of four samples, which were sent to the state food laboratory for testing.