Ranchi: Ranchi administration has failed to organize the annual event east diwali City quality control and inspection for adulteration Sweet Shops and stores selling vermicelli.
When TOI contacted some of the leading sweets shops In the city, he said that no one came to meet him after September 20 this year and added that he was also surprised when no inspection team had come during the festive season this year.
“By this time, when Diwali is just four days away, I was expecting at least two visits by the district administration team for the collection of samples of sweets from my shop, but so far none has come and it That was a bit of a surprise to me,” he said. The owner of a sweet shop in Kachari Chowk.
When contacted, the State Food Laboratory confirmed that they are receiving only surveillance samples and no legal sample has been collected this year. The head of the state food laboratory, Dr Chaturbhuj Meena, said: “We do not get any legal samples for testing and all legal samples are sent to the National Food Testing Laboratory in Kolkata.”
When asked whether they are getting samples from Ranchi for testing, Dr Meena said that the number of samples has gone down due to manpower crunch. “We have a manpower crunch and as per my knowledge, the food safety officer of Ranchi has left his job. So it has affected sample collection. ”
Ranchi administration sources confirmed that the Food Safety Cell had collected around 15 samples in the month of September, but no one collected samples after the Food Safety Officer quit.
The SDO is the nodal officer for collection and testing of samples for adulteration and since the food safety officer of Ranchi has left his job, no one has gone for sample collection.
Ranchi SDO Deepak Kumar Dubey did not respond to multiple calls from TOI.
When TOI contacted some of the leading sweets shops In the city, he said that no one came to meet him after September 20 this year and added that he was also surprised when no inspection team had come during the festive season this year.
“By this time, when Diwali is just four days away, I was expecting at least two visits by the district administration team for the collection of samples of sweets from my shop, but so far none has come and it That was a bit of a surprise to me,” he said. The owner of a sweet shop in Kachari Chowk.
When contacted, the State Food Laboratory confirmed that they are receiving only surveillance samples and no legal sample has been collected this year. The head of the state food laboratory, Dr Chaturbhuj Meena, said: “We do not get any legal samples for testing and all legal samples are sent to the National Food Testing Laboratory in Kolkata.”
When asked whether they are getting samples from Ranchi for testing, Dr Meena said that the number of samples has gone down due to manpower crunch. “We have a manpower crunch and as per my knowledge, the food safety officer of Ranchi has left his job. So it has affected sample collection. ”
Ranchi administration sources confirmed that the Food Safety Cell had collected around 15 samples in the month of September, but no one collected samples after the Food Safety Officer quit.
The SDO is the nodal officer for collection and testing of samples for adulteration and since the food safety officer of Ranchi has left his job, no one has gone for sample collection.
Ranchi SDO Deepak Kumar Dubey did not respond to multiple calls from TOI.
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