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Haryana Deploys Five Mobile Vans for Food Safety Tests
Haryana now has five mobile vans that can test food for adulteration.
Adulteration means mixing something unsafe or unwanted into food.
People can take samples such as milk, spices, pulses or cooking oil to these vans.
Each test costs Rs 20.
The first result usually comes in 10 to 12 minutes.
The vans will visit busy places such as markets, schools, colleges and bus stands.
They will move around the state instead of staying in one location.
Officials hope this will help people learn more about safe food and support action against unsafe products.
Five FSSAI-provided mobile food safety vans have been deployed across Haryana.
The vans will operate rotationally at markets, schools, colleges, bus stands and other busy locations.
People can test samples of milk, spices, pulses and edible oils for Rs 20 per sample.
Preliminary adulteration test results are generally available within 10 to 12 minutes.
Officials say the program aims to improve access to testing, awareness and enforcement against unsafe food.
- Who
- The Haryana government, with five vans provided by the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India, is implementing the program; Additional Chief Secretary Sumita Misra announced it.
- What
- Mobile food safety vans will provide preliminary, on-the-spot adulteration tests for common food items.
- Where
- Across Haryana, on a rotational basis at bus stands, schools, colleges, markets and other high-footfall locations.
- When
- The vans were announced as deployed on Tuesday; test results generally take 10 to 12 minutes.
- Why
- To make food testing more accessible, increase awareness about adulteration and safe food practices, and strengthen enforcement against unsafe food.
Key facts
- Number of vans
- Five
- Provider
- Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI), New Delhi
- Testing fee
- Rs 20 per sample
- Preliminary result time
- Generally 10 to 12 minutes
- Test locations
- Bus stands, schools, colleges, markets and other high-footfall locations across Haryana
- Sample types
- Milk, spices, pulses and edible oils
- Testing purpose
- Primary screening for food adulteration
Quotes
Sumita Misra
Haryana Additional Chief Secretary for Health and Family Welfare
“The objective is to make food safety testing easily accessible to ordinary citizens and, at the same time, strengthen awareness about adulteration and safe food practices.”
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