Of the six lakh food traders in the City, only 50,000 have
procured food safety licences. It is a stupendous task to ensure safety
standards in food processing industry in a city teeming with 10 million
people, said BBMP Special Commissioner K R Niranjan at National Food
Safety Forum (NFSF) — 2013, here on Monday.
Another major problem the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) is trying hard to tackle is waste disposal especially by bulk waste generators such as hotels, malls, shopping complexes. “We are trying to have a dialogue with all hotel associations on effective use of waste generated by them. The response has been affirmative till date,” he added. He said although the Centre has introduced food safety act and rules, there is no effective implementation as yet.
NDRI (National Dairy Research Institute) Principal Scientist & Head Dairy Technology Division Dr Satish Kulkarni stressing the need to set up Food Safety Management Cell in City to curb ill-food practices followed by few food vendors and hotels, said suggestions from government representatives from food safety sector, civic body and other experts for the proposed plan would be solicited. The NFSF 2013, organised by Centre for Sustainable Development in association with Food Safety Commissioner, IIM Bangalore, NDRI and CFTRI Mysore, is aimed at enhancing the effectiveness of implementation of Food Safety & Standards Act - 2006.
‘Change needed’
According to Bangalore Hoteliers’ Association President Vasudeva Adiga, certain clauses of existing Food Safety & Standards Act needs to be changed as it doesn’t apply to small hotels.
“Till date only 500 licences have been issued by BBMP to hotels coming under my association. BBMP just cannot issue licence to everyone, they have to check food sampling and take adequate steps. The civic body is just an implementation authority, the final decision to change the existing act lies in the hands of central government,” he said.
Another major problem the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) is trying hard to tackle is waste disposal especially by bulk waste generators such as hotels, malls, shopping complexes. “We are trying to have a dialogue with all hotel associations on effective use of waste generated by them. The response has been affirmative till date,” he added. He said although the Centre has introduced food safety act and rules, there is no effective implementation as yet.
NDRI (National Dairy Research Institute) Principal Scientist & Head Dairy Technology Division Dr Satish Kulkarni stressing the need to set up Food Safety Management Cell in City to curb ill-food practices followed by few food vendors and hotels, said suggestions from government representatives from food safety sector, civic body and other experts for the proposed plan would be solicited. The NFSF 2013, organised by Centre for Sustainable Development in association with Food Safety Commissioner, IIM Bangalore, NDRI and CFTRI Mysore, is aimed at enhancing the effectiveness of implementation of Food Safety & Standards Act - 2006.
‘Change needed’
According to Bangalore Hoteliers’ Association President Vasudeva Adiga, certain clauses of existing Food Safety & Standards Act needs to be changed as it doesn’t apply to small hotels.
“Till date only 500 licences have been issued by BBMP to hotels coming under my association. BBMP just cannot issue licence to everyone, they have to check food sampling and take adequate steps. The civic body is just an implementation authority, the final decision to change the existing act lies in the hands of central government,” he said.
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