Bengaluru: The Karnataka Department of Food Safety and Drugs Administration has intensified enforcement against gutkha, pan masala and other products containing tobacco and nicotine, following a government notification prohibiting their sale and distribution across the state for one year, stated the official release by the office of the Commissioner, Food Safety and Drug Administration in Bengaluru. The Food Safety Division is conducting special inspection and enforcement operations across the state under the leadership of Food Safety Officers to check the manufacture, storage, transportation, distribution and sale of prohibited tobacco and nicotine products.