Chandigarh, March 21, 2025: The Punjab Vigilance Bureau (VB) took significant action. This was part of its ongoing “War Against Corruption” campaign. They collaborated with the Health and Food Safety Department to conduct surprise inspections. These inspections targeted food processing factories and shops in Amritsar city. The operation targeted unhygienic and unlicensed establishments, particularly those manufacturing Soya Champ and Momos

An official spokesperson for the VB stated that in line with the directives issued by the Punjab Government, a joint teams comprising VB officials and Food Safety Officers carried out raids on unhygienic factories and shops producing food items,m across various localities in the city.

“During the operation, the team inspected wholesale shops in the Rambagh area. They collected and sealed samples of Soya Champ and Momos . . The team discovered several shopkeepers had not obtained the necessary food safety licenses. They were also storing food items in unsanitary conditions. In response, challans (fines) were issued to the violators,” he added.

He further informed that additionally, the team raided two Soya Champ manufacturing factories located in Angarh. Both factories were found to be operating in extremely unhygienic conditions and without valid food safety licenses. As a result, the factories were immediately sealed, and samples of Champs and other food items were collected for further analysis.

The spokesperson further revealed that a total of five samples were collected during the joint operation. These samples have been sent to the State Laboratory in Kharar for testing. Legal action would be initiated against the violators based on the laboratory reports.