Various sweet manufacturing units were inspected on Monday as part of the Food Safety and Drug Administration Department’s ongoing food safety enforcement efforts.
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The Food Safety and Drug Administration (FSDA) Department has stepped up inspections of sweet manufacturing units across Karnataka, with officials finding various violations at several establishments during a special enforcement drive on Monday.The inspections covered units in Bengaluru Urban and Rural, Greater Bengaluru Authority area, Mysuru, Dakshina Kannada, Belagavi, Kalaburagi, and Hubballi-Dharwad.The drive is part of the department’s ongoing food safety enforcement efforts following inspections of hotels, restaurants, and other food establishments across the State in recent weeks.In a statement, FSDA Commissioner K. Srinivas said inspections found expired food products, improper and misleading labelling, poor storage practices, unhygienic manufacturing and handling conditions and the use or storage of unauthorised artificial colours.Officials also found several products without mandatory declarations such as the manufacturer’s name and address, batch number, date of manufacture, among others.Popular brands under scannerAt Asha Sweets in Yeshwanthpur, around 49 kg of tea powder, 20 kg of khova/kalakand and 2.5 kg of pistachios were seized as suspected food products, with samples collected for further legal action.Bikaner Sweets on Magadi Road was temporarily closed after officials found unhygienic conditions and labelling deficiencies. Maharaja Sweets in Kalaburagi and Swagath Sweets in Mangaluru were also temporarily closed following violations. Swagath Sweets was found to be operating without the required food licence, besides having hygiene and labelling deficiencies.Large quantities seized
