Indore food safety inspections have covered 15 sweets, namkeen and dairy establishments in Indore and Betma, with officials collecting 54 samples for laboratory testing ahead of Diwali. The samples will be sent to the State Food Laboratory in Bhopal, while further action will follow after the test reports are received, according to an official release cited by the food safety administration.
The special drive was conducted over Friday and Saturday to check whether food businesses were maintaining cleanliness, using safe raw materials and complying with hygiene and food safety requirements during preparation, storage and sale. Seven establishments were inspected on Friday and eight were covered on Saturday.
In Betma, officials collected samples of paneer and mawa from Pooja Dairy Sweets and Namkeen in Vidur Nagar. At Padam Shri Sweets and Namkeen in Kali Billore, samples included milk cake, paneer and malai barfi. The establishment will receive an improvement notice after deficiencies were identified during the inspection.
Officials also collected five samples—milk cake, peda, kesar peda, khopra pak and doodh katli—from Shri Ram Sweets and Namkeen in Betma. Its operator was directed to maintain cleanliness and follow hygiene requirements during food preparation and storage. Samples of sev and mixture were taken from Navkar Ke Namkeen in Betma.
The inspections in Indore included Raju Khandelwal Namkeen Bhandar in Banganga, where five namkeen varieties were sampled; Gaurav Restaurant on Sanwer Road, where peda, gupchup and besan laddu were collected; and Siddhivinayak Dairy Sweets and Namkeen in Bhagat Singh Nagar, where officials sampled malai barfi, milk cake and malai tikiya.
The Saturday inspections covered Aarambh Sweets and Namkeen and Gupta Sweets in Rani Bagh, Maa Ambe Doodh Dahi Bhandar in Nipania, Mamta Sweets, Milan Sweets and Namkeen in New Gauri Nagar, Shri Ganga Doodh Dairy and Sweets in Mirzapur, Fakhri Sweets and Farsan in Khatiwala Tank, and Paliwal Sweets and Namkeen in Musakhedi.
The administration instructed operators to prevent contamination, use safe raw materials and maintain personal hygiene. The laboratory reports will determine whether additional action is required after the samples are tested at the State Food Laboratory in Bhopal.
