Thiruvananthapuram: To ensure the safety of soft drinks and bottled water sold during the hot season, the food safety department is conducting state-wide inspections. The inspections were completed at ice cream manufacturing and marketing centers, bottled water manufacturing distribution marketing centers and soft drink manufacturing distribution marketing centers.
Sales centers in tourist areas were also inspected. Health Minister Veena George said that food safety inspections will continue. In the 815 inspections conducted across the state in the last few days, the operations of seven establishments found to be in serious violation of the law have been suspended. Rectification notices were issued to 54 firms and compounding notices to 37 firms.
A total of 328 surveillance samples and 26 statutory samples were collected for further testing. These have been forwarded to the laboratories of the Food Safety Department for expert testing. Further action will be taken based on the test results.
