New Delhi, Feb 23: Ahead of the Holi festival, food regulator FSSAI has asked state food commissioners to increase surveillance and take strict actions against adulteration in milk products and cooking oils.
In a letter to state food commissioners, Food Safety and Standards Authority of India said that the demand for sweets, savouries, edible oil and milk & milk products (such as ghee, khoa, paneer, etc.) and other food items witnesses a significant surge during the upcoming Holi festival & this surge in demand creates economic incentives for adulteration.
In light of this, FSSAI stressed the need for heightened surveillance and enforcement actions to prevent the circulation of adulterated and unsafe food products, namely milk and milk products, sweets, snacks & savouries including namkeen, papad/fryums, edible oil and ghee, cereal and cereal products, etc.
FSSAI asked state food commissioners to direct their enforcement officials to conduct inspections and sampling in their respective areas as part of Holi- Anti-Adulteration Drive – 2026 during the festive period.
These drives should focus on identified hot spots and sensitive locations. But over all, it is a big questions on the said department, because the said dept is only meant for the said issue but despite that adulteration of Food Products could not be stopped.
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