SURAT: Teams of the health department collected samples of ghari (a traditional sweet) and material used for it from various sweet shops in the city on Tuesday, two days before Chadni Padvo festival.
Altogether 28 samples of ghari were collected from 14 sweet-making units including Sumul Dairy and Choryasi Dairy in Bhagal as well. The collected samples have been sent for testing at the public health laboratory of Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC).
On Monday, the health department teams collected 31 samples of mava from 17 sellers in different areas and sent these for testing to laboratory.
Ghari, a high calorie sweet made of a mixture of different types of fried gram flour snacks, is most sought-after delicacy in Chandni Padva as revellers eat it with ‘Bhusu’ and flavoured rice flakes or pauva. A large quantity of ghari is sold and consumed during the festival and every year SMC’s health department tests the sweet ahead of the festivities.
“We collected mava samples earlier and on Tuesday collected samples of ghari as the sweet will be consumed in huge quantity during the festival. Normally, results from the laboratory will take around 14 days but we have requested for early reports,” said an official from the food department.
