Skip to main content

Flag off ceremony of the Mobile Food Testing Laboratory

Chandigarh 30th November 2017: The Governor of Punjab and Administrator, UT, Chandigarh, Sh. V.P. Singh Badnore today flagged off the Mobile Food Testing Laboratory,  first in the country for generating awareness among general public about food safety and various types of common adulteration in food articles.

The Department of Food Safety & Standards, Chandigarh Administration organized various camps in association with Resident Welfare Associations, Public Health Department PGI for general public and demonstrated on the spot food testing with Mobile Food Testing Laboratory and the initiative was appreciated by the residents of Chandigarh. The Laboratory is installed with EMAT digital Milk Analyser, which can test any kind of milk within 37 seconds and give results. Also the Laboratory is equipped with various types of chemicals with the help of which various food articles like Khoa, paneer, desi ghee, edible mustard oil, jiggery, sella rice, pulses, besan, turmeric, hingh and many more can be tested for adulteration check. The Laboratory has conducted around 1300 tests during this period.

Sh. V.P. Singh Badnore, the Governor of Punjab and Administrator, UT, Chandigarh, appreciated the efforts of the department for coming up with a noble initiative.

Sh. Pawan Agarwal, CEO, FSSAI, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India visited Chandigarh last year and inspected the said Mobile Food Testing Lab. After getting inspired from the Chandigarh Administration initiative of launch of Mobile Food Testing Laboratory one of its kind in the Country, FSSAI gave Rs. 60 lakh across the Country for mobilization of Mobile Food Testing Laboratories and MFTL to States/U.T.s.  One Laboratory is given to Chandigarh Administration also under this scheme. The Laboratory is equipped with latest Digital Milk Testing Analyser, Water testing Analyser that can check pH, conductivity and TDS in water, Refractometer for testing of sucrose in fruit juices, energy drinks, soups, soya milk etc.

The Laboratory will be placed at following locations:-


Sr. no
Day
Place of station
1.      
Monday
Civil Hospital, Sector 22, Chandigarh
2.      
Tuesday
Civil Dispensary, Sector 8, Chandigarh
3.      
Wednesday
Civil Dispensary, Sector 40, Chandigarh
4.      
Thursday
Civil Hospital, Sector 45, Chandigarh
5.      
Friday
Civil Hospital, Manimajra, Chandigarh

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

E auction of various commercial, residential and industrial sites to begin in Chandigarh

7th January 2019: Chandigarh Administration is about to begin the e auction process of various commercial, residential and industrial sites in Chandigarh. 10 residential sites on freehold basis,13 commercial sites on leasehold basis and 1 industrial site on leasehold basis are proposed to be e auctioned. The auction will be made public on 9th January 2019 at 9:00 AM and the documents can be submitted/EMD can be paid from 9th january till 23rd January 2019. Document/EMD approvals will be given from 24th January till 30th January. In addition to this the Estate Department will create a help desk at Estate Office Chandigarh on the above dates to create digital signatures of the applicants. Bidding will begin from 31st January (9:00 AM) till 4th February 2019 (till 4 PM)
Post a Comment
Read more

Administrator Launches Website of Sports Department Chandigarh

Chandigarh, 18 th  December 2018:  The website of Department of Sports, UT Chandigarh  http://www.sportsdeptt.chd. gov.in  has been launched today  by Hon’ble Governor Punjab & Administrator, U.T, Chandigarh, Shri. V. P. Singh Badnore, in the presence of Sh. Parimal Rai, IAS, Adviser to UT Administration,  Sh. J.M. Balamurugan, IAS, Secretary to Governor of Punjab, Sh. Arun kumar Gupta, IAS, Principle Secretary Home, Shri. Jitender Yadav, IAS, Secretary Sports. With launch of this website, Department of Sports, Chandigarh has taken leap in the direction of digital India by making their key services like; booking of stadiums, applying for membership, applying for scholarship,  applying for  sports  gradation  certificate  and also applying for cash  awards  online for the students ,  sports bodies  & sportsmen . Now everybody can avail these services with a click of the button. In the case of bookin...
Post a Comment
Read more

“Vote for Healthy Democracy” Campaign

Chandigarh, 18th March, 2019: Taking the “Vote for Healthy Democracy” campaign forward to motivate citizens to use their Right to Vote during the upcoming Lok Sabha Elections of Chandigarh, Government Medical College & Hospital, Sector 32, Chandigarh today launched a stamp with the message of "Voting is your Right, Please Cast your Vote". The stamp will be included on all the OPD cards of the patients who visit the hospital.  This initiative is a part of the drive undertaken by Medical Community to motivate more and more people to participate and vote in the upcoming Lok Sabha Elections. As part of this campaign, IMA has designed stickers with the message “Vote for a healthy democracy”, which will be stuck on all the prescriptions of patients. Similarly, to promote the message of “Voting is a must for Healthy Democracy” a stamp was also launched by the Government Multi-Speciality Hospital, Sector 16, which is being stamped on OPD cards of all the patients of the hos...
Post a Comment
Read more