Food Safety Officials Fine Adulterators in Fatehpur and Rampur
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The Food Safety Department worked in Fatehpur, India. They checked food for problems.
Officials found 11 bad samples of food. The food had problems.
The department took money from people who make bad food. This is called a fine. The fine was 9.28 lakh rupees.
In Rampur, another city, officials also worked. They fined 72 people. The fine was 13.76 lakh rupees.
A food safety team went to check shops in Rampur. This is called a raid.
The team took 10 samples of food to test.
They found 100 litres of bad milk. The milk was dirty. This is called contaminated milk.
They also found 75 kilograms of bad paneer. Paneer is a kind of cheese.
The team destroyed the bad milk and paneer. This means they threw it away safely.
The officials want to stop people from selling bad food.
This work helps keep food safe for everyone.
People who sell bad food can get a big fine.
Vocabulary15 words
- Food Safety Department
- a government group that checks if food is safe
- samples
- small amounts of something used for testing
- fine
- money you must pay for doing something wrong
- food safety team
- a group of people who check food
- raid
- a sudden visit to check or stop something bad
- contaminated
- dirty or unsafe to use
- paneer
- a type of soft cheese
- destroyed
- thrown away completely so it cannot be used
- adulterators
- people who mix bad things into food
- officials
- people who work for the government
- lakh
- a word for 100,000 in India
- shop
- a small place where you buy things
- milk
- a white drink from cows
- test
- to check if something is good or bad
- money
- what you use to buy things
Quiz
Answer key
1. 9.28 lakh rupees 2. Paneer 3. True
Fill-in-the-blank listening
Play the audio again and fill in the missing words as you listen.
The Food Safety Department worked in _____, India. They checked food for problems.
Officials found _____ bad samples of food. The food had problems.
The department took money from people who make bad food. This is called a _____.
The fine was _____ lakh rupees.
In Rampur, another city, officials also worked. They fined _____ people.
The fine was _____ lakh rupees.
A food safety team went to check shops in Rampur. This is called a _____.
The team took _____ samples of food to test.
They found _____ litres of bad milk.
They also found _____ kilograms of bad paneer.