LUCKNOW, Oct. 17 -- In a major pre-Diwali enforcement drive, the Food Safety and Drug Administration (FSDA) on Thursday destroyed over 5,000 kg of adulterated, expired and unhygienic food items - mainly sweets and dairy products - seized from various shops and production units across the city. The total estimated value of the destroyed items was over Rs 6 lakh. The operation, carried out under the supervision of assistant commissioner, FSDA, Vijay Pratap Singh, and chief food safety officer JP Singh, covered sweet shops and food suppliers to prevent sale of adulterated or expired products. The assistant commissioner said: "Nearly 150 kg of foul-smelling khoya worth Rs 60,000 was destroyed at a unit in Sona Vihar, Alamnagar. At an outlet in Nadarganj, 223 kg of substandard ghee worth Rs 1.22 lakh was seized. A major crackdown at another outlet in Rajendra Nagar led to the destruction of 5,000 kg of sweets, including milk cake, kalakand, petha, dodha barfi, Karachi halwa, laddoos and various other items, valued at Rs 5.57 lakh. Expired packaged sweets were also found and destroyed on spot." At an outlet in Bhakhamau (Gudamba), 77.6 kg of expired packaged items such as kaju katli, papad, pickles and biscuits were destroyed; items were worth approximately Rs 43,835.htc...