Jammu and Kashmir Government today said that flour samples lifted by the Public Health Laboratory, Jammu for testing, in response to a video clip doing rounds on the social media regarding adulteration, conform to the standards as per the Food Product Standards and Food Additives Regulations 2011.
Making a statement in the state Assembly in this regard, Food Minister Choudhary Zulfkar Ali said that after the video clip surfaced on internet, a joint team of officers of Legal Metrology and Drug & Food Control Organization conducted extensive market survey and lifted samples of Atta (flour) along with other samples.
Giving details of the samples lifted, the minister said one sample of P-Mark Atta was lifted from the house of a consumer on complaint basis, two samples of P-Mark Atta were lifted from manufacturer’s premises at Bari Brahmana, one sample was lifted from a shop at Wazarat Road Jammu, and two samples of Atta, one of Aashirwad Brand and other of P-Mark brand, were lifted from Big Bazaar.
He said all the six samples were sent to Public Health Laboratory, Jammu by Food & Drug Control Organization for analysis. “After analysis and testing of the sample a report was furnished which clarified that the Atta samples confirm to the standards as per the Food Product Standards and food Additives Regulations 2011,” he said.