India, Dec. 12 -- safety concerns deepened in Jammu and Kashmir on Friday after authorities banned the sale of a Priyagold Butter Delite biscuit batch found to contain sulphite levels above permissible limits, even as a separate inspection drive was launched to test eggs for banned drug residues.

According to an order issued by the Office of the Assistant Commissioner/DO Food Safety Anantnag, Batch No. E25KPO2FB of Priyagold Butter Delite biscuits failed laboratory analysis at the National Food Laboratory, Ghaziabad. The batch has been declared unsafe and its sale prohibited until further orders.

Officials said the biscuits posed a potential health risk, and all units of the batch have been directed to be withdrawn from the market.

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