Bathinda, October 12
Health officials seized around six quintal sweets from three vehicles in Mansa.
The recovered sweets included 1.2 quintal gulab jamun, 1 quintal rasgulla, 75 kg laddu kesar, 15 kg laddu, 1.8 quintal barfi, 8 kg dhodda, 30 kg barfi, 30 kg of patisa, etc, which were to be supplied by Surinderpal and Lovepreet Kumar to villages near Mansa. The team took samples of these sweets, which have been sent to a government lab in Kharar for investigation. District Health Officer Jaswinder Singh said he had received a tip-off that vehicles with adulterated sweets were parked in Mansa. “Three vehicles loaded with sweets have been seized,” he said. — TNS
6 qtl spurious sweets seized
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