FDA issues instructions to Ganesh mandals, sweet shops

Officials of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) have issued a list of instructions for sweetmeat shop owners urging them to take precautionary measures and refrain from selling adulterated food during the Ganesh Festival. Ganesh mandals have also been directed to keep a record of shops from where they purchase sweets to distribute it as prasad during the ten-day festival. The mandals have been asked to maintain bills of the raw ingredients purchased from local shops.

Shashikant Kekare, Joint Commissioner, FDA (food), said the mandals should prepare a list of devotees to whom the prasad is distributed to ensure there is no untoward incident. He urged people to refrain from accepting sweets from unknown persons.

At a meeting with around 20 sweetmeat shop owners including Chitale, Kaka Halwai and Karachi, the FDA officials instructed them to prepare their own khava instead of buying it from other states.

Kekare has appealed to citizens to purchase sweets that are covered and also directed manufacturers to ensure fresh sweets are prepared.

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