With the festive season drawing closer and market demand for dairy and sweets surging, food safety authorities across Rajasthan have ramped up surprise checks to crack down on adulteration. Teams from the department recently descended on multiple business establishments in Dholpur, Rajsamand, and Alwar, uncovering shocking quantities of substandard paneer, expired beverages, and stale sweets that posed direct risks to public health. These items were promptly discarded and destroyed under official supervision, while numerous samples were collected for laboratory analysis.
Dholpur dairy raided and large stock of paneer destroyed
In Dholpur, food safety inspectors backed by local police forces carried out a high-profile raid on Krishna Dairy. The operation exposed roughly 250 kilograms of suspect paneer stored on the premises, which failed basic quality checks and was subsequently destroyed in the presence of law enforcement personnel. Officials also collected samples of vanaspati ghee alongside the paneer for detailed testing. Moving further into Rajakhera, the department inspected several other dairy outlets, collecting three distinct samples of mixed milk, in addition to drawing a besan laddu sample from Shri Krishna Sweets.
Rajsamand authorities destroy massive stocks of expired cold drinks
The crackdown extended to Rajsamand district, where inspectors focused on the Beem area and uncovered major violations regarding beverage safety. Two local commercial establishments were found holding substantial stocks of out-of-date cold drinks. The enforcement team seized approximately 235 liters of these expired beverages and destroyed them on-site. Continuing the pre-Diwali safety drive, officials also pulled food samples from prominent sweet shops in the vicinity, collecting mawa samples from Ashirwad Sweet Home, gulab jamun from Anmol Mishtan Bhandar, and various assorted sweets from Bherunath Jodhpur Mishtan Bhandar located in Barar.
Stale sweets and questionable milk discarded in Alwar
Alwar witnessed rigorous inspections as well, driven by widespread public concern over potential adulteration in festival-bound eatables. Food safety officials visited Raj Agency, a snack wholesale outlet, to collect snack samples, followed by a visit to Bitech Mithai Wala near Daudpur Fatak where burfi samples were drawn. Additional samples of besan laddu and burfi were procured from Madhuram Sweets near Manu Marg Tiraya. The inspection culminated at Guddu Milk Dairy in Mahuakhera's Mahua Khurd village, where authorities discovered roughly 150 liters of milk stored inside a drum and about 30 kilograms of stale, dry sweets. Both the questionable milk and the aged sweets were ordered to be destroyed immediately on the spot, while official samples of milk cake and mawa were dispatched for testing as authorities await comprehensive lab reports from all three districts.
