Khordha: A joint team of Fisheries and Animal Resources Development Department and municipal officials raided different outlets in Khurda to detect the presence of cancer-causing formalin in fish, Thursday.
Simultaneous raids were carried out at Totapada godown, fish markets and outlets in Khordha town, Mukundaprasad and nearby areas.
Four samples of different fish varieties were collected and sent them for further tests.
In the wake of the news of formalin being used in fish, samples of fish have been collected from different places in Cuttack, Bhubaneswar, Berhampur, Balasore and Rourkela since July 13.
Notably, Fisheries and Animal Resources Development Secretary Vishal Gagan July 13 had confirmed the presence of formalin in Pomfret fish samples picked up from Unit-4 fish market in Bhubaneswar.
On the other hand, the department ruled out the presence of formalin in freshwater fish sold cross Odisha Wednesday.
Citing reports in media, the Commissioner of Food Safety Archana Patnaik has asked the district public health officials in a letter to collect random samples of fish and send them to the National Food Testing Laboratory.
