Mobile Food Testing Laboratory to visit various sectors and markets

Chandigarh, 3^rd May, 2016: Mobile Food Testing Laboratory of Food Safety Administration, Govt. Multi Specialty Hospital, Sector 16, Chandigarh the first such laboratory in India has received a very good response from the Community not only from Chandigarh but from Mohali and Panchkula.

            Dr. Rajinder K. Sharma SMO (Ortho)-cum-Designated Officer incharge Food Safety Administration has thanked the people of tricity for their co-operation and Co-ordination.

            Now the Mobile Food testing Laboratory will also visit the various Sectors and Markets of Chandigarh. A communication letter regarding this has been sent to the Mr. Bhaljinder Singh, Chairman Federation of Sector Welfare association to co-operative ad co-ordinate with Food Safety Administration. The Food Safety Administration Department has in near future will also visit the school, college, universities, fruits vegetables market.

            Now at the venue of Mobile Food Testing Laboratory either at medical health institutes of Chandigarh or at Sector Welfare/ Market Welfare Association place alongwith food testing. The information, education, communication activities by the Food Safety Administration will be done and lectures, seminars, meeting will be held with the community and Food Business Operations.

The special drive to check the licence certificate and registration certificate will be done and to encourse the Food Business Operations who has still got made their licence certificates and registration certificate to not the formal knowledge how to get these certificate.

            The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India  has provided the advanced electronic milk adulterants test checking machine (EMA to the Food Safety Administration department Chandigarh. This will be a new addition to the inventory of Mobile Food Testing Lab. The special emphasis during summer will on non alcoholic beverage, sakanjvi, ice product, packed water bottle, fruits like Kharbuja, watermelon, khira and vegetable meat and meat products, cut fruits checking of milk and milk products as there are chance of synthetic milk and milk product this season. The milk & milk products, kitchen products like Haldi, Oils, namak, masalas, ghee, pulses, grains are being tested for any adulteration. The common adulterant being used are urea, detergent powder, Vanaspati ghee, chalk, starch, synthetic coloum. The fruit and vegetable food business operation are advised not to ripen the fruits with banned masala and not to use Injection oxytocin. The meat and meat product should be authorizes stamped by Doctor incharge slaughter house Chandigarh. In the last month 15 out of 70 milk and milk product sample failed the test and 3 out of 15 turmeric sample failed. The community and people of Chandigarh advised to get the receipt cash slip from the Food Business Operation and then bring the food sample for Food testing based on this the Food Safety Administration will start the legal action against the Food Business Operators. There is a provision of find upto Rs 10 lakh and imprisonment upto seven year and sealing of the Food Business Operators premises and cancelation of the licence and the registration certificate.