NEW DELHI: To keep a check on the quality of sweetmeats prepared in the Capital, the Delhi government will encourage more sweets sellers to apply for registration and issue more licences to them ahead of the festive season.
"As the festive season is coming, a number of sweet shops will come up and the chances of selling of substandard sweets will also go up. To keep a check, we will be issuing more licences," said, an official from the Delhi Food and Safety Department's licencing unit.
The Department will also run a campaign under which teams will be formed to collect samples from shops in the city.
To create awareness among the people, the Department will publish advertisements regarding food safety.
"The demand for sweets go up tremendously this time of the year, as festivals are approaching. To meet the demands, sweetmeat shops will be mushrooming in the city," the official said.
In the past three years, the Department has also undertaken various raids to check the quality of food.
"In the past three years, 884 samples were collected from different parts of the city, of which 148 samples failed to match the standards. Actions were taken against those found guilty under Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006," he said.
The registration and licensing of the street food vendors is also being done, the official further said.