Ahmedabad: With the festive season from Navratri to Diwali bringing a surge in demand for sweets and other food items, Gandhinagar Municipal Corporation’s Food Safety Department conducted a special inspection drive across the city in Oct to ensure food quality and hygiene.The drive was carried out by food safety officers by conducting surprise inspections of food establishments in different areas. Officials took action against units violating prescribed hygiene and safety standards.During the drive, officers inspected 41 food establishments and collected 62 samples of various items, including sweets, snacks, ghee and edible oil, for laboratory analysis. Improvement notices were issued to six units for violations, including unhygienic conditions and other non-compliances. The registration certificate of one establishment was suspended with immediate effect after officials found its hygiene conditions to be extremely poor.
