Farm, agriculture input shops inspected

Nawanshahr: During a joint raid on dairies in Banga subdivison, Dairy Department and Food Safety team collected four sample of milk and desi ghee.

Davinder Singh, Dairy Development Officer, and Manoj Khosla, Assistant Commissioner, Food Safety Department, said,“ To ensure adulteration-free milk products, the drive will be intensified in the coming days. From January to May, as many as 160 samples of various food products have been collected.”

Out of these, 62 samples were not found up to the mark and cases had been filed in the court of ADC. A fine of Rs 2,23,500 had been imposed upon defaulters. As per the directions of Deputy Commissioners, the samples were collected from big, medium and small units.

On the other hand, following a comprehensive action plan, teams of the Agriculture Department checked 15 shops of agriculture inputs on Thursday in the district.

The shop owners were directed to sell inputs, recommended by the Agriculture Department. —TNS