Archive · 6 Sep 2026
Kolkata Raids Dacres Lane Stalls Over Unsafe Sweets
Food safety officials inspected stalls on Dacres Lane in Kolkata.
They found laddus made with dyes that are not allowed.
They also found stale makha sandesh and fungus on a kitchen bowl.
The sweets and other questionable food were thrown away.
Some sauces and frozen foods had no required labels or dates.
Officials collected samples from at least 13 shops.
Shop owners said some spices were bought loose rather than in branded packages.
More inspections are expected to continue across the state.
Kolkata Municipal Corporation officials discarded about 10kg of laddus made with non-permitted yellow dyes.
Several kilograms of stale makha sandesh were discarded after fungus was found on a kitchen bowl.
Officials collected food samples from at least 13 shops along Dacres Lane.
Undated or unlabeled sauces, frozen foods and refrigerated items were also removed.
More than 2,300 eateries and food shops had been raided across the state by Friday.
- Who
- Kolkata Municipal Corporation health officials, food-stall owners and Mishti Udyog members were involved.
- What
- Officials raided food stalls, discarded unsafe or improperly labeled items and collected samples.
- When
- The Dacres Lane raid took place on Saturday afternoon; wider inspections began Wednesday.
- Where
- Dacres Lane, Kolkata, and food establishments across the state.
- Why
- The inspections followed concerns about food adulteration and aimed to enforce food-safety requirements.
Food Safety Officials
Dacres Lane Shop Owners
Food compliance
Food Safety Officials
Officials said the discarded sweets contained unsafe dyes or showed signs of spoilage, while other items lacked FSSAI labels or date tags.
Dacres Lane Shop Owners
A section of shop owners said spices such as turmeric were commonly purchased loose by the kilogram rather than in branded packages.
Future inspections
Food Safety Officials
Officials instructed shop owners to follow food-safety rules and said raids would continue.
Dacres Lane Shop Owners
The article does not report a direct response from owners to the planned continuation of raids.
- Items discarded
- About 10kg of laddus, several kilograms of makha sandesh, sauces and frozen foods.
- Laddu finding
- The laddus contained non-permitted metallic yellow dyes.
- Makha sandesh finding
- Fungus was detected on a kitchen bowl containing makha sandesh.
- Shops sampled
- At least 13 Dacres Lane shops.
- Statewide raids
- More than 2,300 eateries, food shops and similar units had been raided by Friday.
- Inspection period
- The statewide food-safety week was announced for September 1 to 8.
- Industry guidance
- Mishti Udyog told members to obtain Form E certificates for perishable ingredients.