‘Food testing on wheel’ vans flagged off

Gandhinagar: State health minister Rushikesh Patel dedicated 13 new ‘food testing on wheel’ vans today from Gandhinagar.

The citizens can themselves approach the van with any food item for testing. The testing will be done free of cost and strict actions will be taken legally if the sample is found adulterated. These mobile vans will be started in various districts. The 13 mobile vans are provided to Gujarat by union health minister Mansukh Mandaviya at free cost. The ancillary cost of these vans will be given by the central government.

The vans have milk testing machines which will help to analyse fat, SNF, protein, ammonium sulphate, sucrose, water, maltodextrin, and urea in milk. The vans also have machines to analyze edible oils which will help to analyse oil being used at farsan shops. It will also help to check TDS level in packaged drinking water and sugar quantity in juices.