Hyderabad: Over 60 kg of sweets and 40 kg of bread, and other adulterated food products were seized in food safety raids at sweet manufacturing units and retailers across Telangana.

Officials inspected a total of 95 units and noted major violations, including the use of synthetic colours in milk-based sweets, the use of adulterated ghee and non-food-grade silver foils, as well as poor hygiene. They also found sweet shops reusing cooking oil, using unlabeled and expired food products.

Food safety teams collected 77 enforcement samples and 157 surveillance samples and sent them for lab analysis. Notices have been issued to violators and contaminated/colour-infused sweets discarded on site.

Advisory for festive season

The Food Safety Department of Telangana has advised consumers to pur

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