Ludhiana, Oct. 9 -- In a major crackdown on food adulteration amid the festive season, the food safety team of the city health department seized large quantities of suspected adulterated jaggery, sugar, and shakkar during a district-wide inspection and sampling drive conducted on Wednesday evening.

The operation focused on food items in high demand during the festive season. The raids spanned areas including Ferozepur road, Mullanpur, Sudhar, and Jagraon.

During the inspection, the team collected 15 food samples for testing, including sweets with silver leaf (vark), milk cake, coriander, black pepper (kalimirch), red chilli powder (lal mirch), jaggery (gur), sugar, shakkar, paneer, and ghee. These samples have been sent to check complia...