Check regularly for the purity of food items and dairy products – Health Minister

Jaipur, 9 October. Health Minister Dr. Raghu Sharma on Friday directed the department officers to check by regularly taking the samples to ensure purity of food items, milk and milk products. He directed to run a campaign ‘Pure for Sure’ (Shudh ke liye Yudh) in the entire State looking at the forthcoming festive season. 

Dr. Sharma directed to take samples of milk and products made of milk such as paneer, ghee, mawa and sweets etc in the campaign and test them. He said that strict action should be taken on finding adulteration in the samples. He said all food safety officers are being provided necessary equipment and facilities. Food Testing Laboratory at the divisional level will be utilised properly in this campaign.

The Health Minister appealed the people of the State to use pure food items and use safe food products during the festive season in view of corona infection so that it can help to stay safe from infection and other types of diseases. A special campaign will be launched from October 12 to 16 to prevent adulteration in mawa that is used in making sweets during the festive season.