So far seven SHGs have been issued show cause notices, some of which supply mid-day meals to schools across the city, and around 14 food samples have been collected for testing from various SHGs since FDA officials commenced the drive, which was kick-started on Monday.u00a0

“We are inspecting all SHGs that supply food to schools under the mid-day meal scheme. Till date, we have taken food samples from 14 such establishments. Some of the samples have been randomly taken, while a few were collected after we got suspicious of the food quality,” said Shashikant Kekare, joint commissioner, FDA (Food), Pune division.