PANAJI: The director of Food and Drugs Administration (FDA), Mr Salim Veljee, has said that eight eating houses and two bakeries have been directed to stop activities till the deficiencies related to hygiene, sanitation, health cards, etc noted by the officials of his department during inspection of these places were rectified.
Mr Veljee further stated that 30 eateries, restaurants, bakeries, etc in the coastal belt (in North and South Goa) were inspected by his department officials and 53 of them have been issued improvement notices on noting shortcomings during the inspections.
He said that the inspections were part of the pre-monsoon checks and hotels, restaurants, bakeries, etc located in Panaji, Mapusa, Vasco, Margao, Ponda and coastal areas were checked by food safety officers during the inspections which began from April 15.
Meanwhile, Mr Veljee has further stated that under the new Food safety and Standards Act 2006 and rules and regulations 2011 compounding of offences with fine have been prescribed for serving/selling substandard food, misbranded food, misleading/false advertisement, etc and district collector and additional district collector have been notified as adjudicating officers.
He said that as per the rules all proceedings before adjudicating officers should be completed within 90 days of the first hearing. The fine and penalty for misbranded food is upto Rs 2 lakh while that for substandard food, the penalty is as high as Rs 5 lakh. The first case under the new law was filed by food safety officer of the FDA, Mr Rajiv Korde on Thursday.
Mr Veljee further stated that 30 eateries, restaurants, bakeries, etc in the coastal belt (in North and South Goa) were inspected by his department officials and 53 of them have been issued improvement notices on noting shortcomings during the inspections.
He said that the inspections were part of the pre-monsoon checks and hotels, restaurants, bakeries, etc located in Panaji, Mapusa, Vasco, Margao, Ponda and coastal areas were checked by food safety officers during the inspections which began from April 15.
Meanwhile, Mr Veljee has further stated that under the new Food safety and Standards Act 2006 and rules and regulations 2011 compounding of offences with fine have been prescribed for serving/selling substandard food, misbranded food, misleading/false advertisement, etc and district collector and additional district collector have been notified as adjudicating officers.
He said that as per the rules all proceedings before adjudicating officers should be completed within 90 days of the first hearing. The fine and penalty for misbranded food is upto Rs 2 lakh while that for substandard food, the penalty is as high as Rs 5 lakh. The first case under the new law was filed by food safety officer of the FDA, Mr Rajiv Korde on Thursday.
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