Noida: Teams of the food safety and drug administration department continued their crackdown on substandard food during the festive season and raided pizza outlets, kitchens of restaurants and warehouses.Assistant commissioner of food, grade II, Sarvesh Mishra said separate teams of the department conducted inspection drives late into Thursday and Friday, collecting samples of various food products for laboratory testing.From sectors 63, 67 and 68, samples of khoya and a seasoning used on savoury items were collected for laboratory testing.Samples of honey from different batches were seized for testing from a warehouse that stores products for an online grocery platform. An official said the labels on the product did not mention expiry dates.Food safety officers OP Singh and Amar Bahadur Saroj inspected the base kitchen of Domino’s Pizza in Ecotech 1. The team collected one sample each of loose refined soybean oil, packaged refined soybean oil, paneer and vegetable momos. A notice was issued to the establishment after its cleanliness and hygiene were found unsatisfactory.Another team inspected Swiggy Instamart warehouse in Sector 44 and a BigBasket store in Sector 142. Notices were issued after the teams found inadequate hygiene and sanitation and the establishments failed to produce the required records.Food safety officer Satyendra Tomar led a team that inspected a Zepto store in Tughlapur in Greater Noida. The team collected one sample of roasted gram and issued a notice over unsatisfactory cleanliness and the non-availability of mandatory records at the premises.In a separate inspection, food safety officers Mukesh Kumar and Vijay Bahadur Patel visited a Flipkart store in Knowledge Park 3 and collected one sample of mustard oil. Approximately 40 kg of mustard oil was seized because the packaging labels did not carry essential information, including the batch number, packing date and expiry date.The department said that a total of 10 food samples had been collected during the drive and would be sent to a laboratory for testing.
