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Are you planning to buy sweets for Deepavali festival? Read on

Updated: 17/Oct/2017 10:56:32 AM
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Are you planning to buy sweets for Deepavali festival? Read on
An announcement released by the Chennai District Collector lists the food safety checks to be followed if you are buying sweets and savouries from different sweet shops/hotels.
  • Avoid buying very colourful looking sweets as they are made with the addition of Artificial Colouring Agents.
  • When buying a box of assorted sweets, ensure that milk sweets are not packed together with sweets made of other ingredients. The reason is that milk sweets have a different expiry date as compared with other sweets. So, check the expiry date while buying.
  • If flies and other insects are seen around the displayed sweet items, please thoroughly avoid buying the same.
  • If the sweet items emanate an unpleasant smell, avoid buying them.
  • Obtain a proper receipt after buying these items from the various food shops.
  • Please also confirm that the service staff is wearing clean dresses, gloves with the nails trimmed and that they are handling the different food items with gloves.
  • Confirm that the seller has displayed the details of the cooking oil/ghee used for making the items in the sales centre.
  • Ensure that the items bought are given properly packed with the Food Grade container packing material.
  • Check on the sweet packing box whether the ingredients used in different items packed inside are displayed on the cover.
  • Ensure that the packing contains the details of the licence issued by the Food Safety Department and the registration.
  • Also confirm that the complete address of the manufacturer is printed on the pack. Also, confirm whether expiry date and the Customer Care Number are printed.
  • When buying a single item of sweet/savoury in a packing, ensure that the date of manufacture and date of expiry are printed.
  • In case anything wrong is observed, get in touch with the WhatsApp number of the Food Safety Department 94440442322 and make your complaint.
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