GREATER NOIDA, Dec. 27 -- Amid concerns over food adulteration, unsafe cooking practices and the circulation of substandard medicines, the Gautam Budh Nagar district administration has decided to strengthen food and drug safety across urban and rural areas, officials said.

The decision was taken at a district-level review chaired by district magistrate (DM) Medha Roopam on Friday, where officials flagged the need for stricter compliance and timely enforcement to prevent adulterated food and unsafe medicines from reaching consumers.

"The objective is to ensure that food and medicines available to the public strictly comply with safety and quality norms. Any deviation found during testing will invite action as per law", the DM said in a s...