With the notification prohibiting the selling or
manufacturing of ghutka, pan masala and other products containing
tobacco and nicotine having been issued, Food Safety officials in the
district are all set to enforce the ban announced by Chief Minister
Jayalalithaa in the Assembly on May 8.
Official sources told
The Hindu
here on Thursday that teams would be constituted to inspect shops and other places where the products were likely to be sold.
To
monitor the implementation, sources said that a district level
committee would be constituted with Collector as the chairperson. Other
members include the Superintendent of Police, District Commercial Tax
Officer, Deputy Director of Health Services, Chief Educational Officer,
Corporation, and Regional Transport Officer besides the Designated
Officer.
During the first meeting of this committee,
sources said, the modalities for implementing the ban at the district
level must be worked out. The Committee must appraise the Tamil Nadu
Food Safety and Drug Administration Commissioner of the proposed course
of action in their city.
Further, all the check posts
operated by the Departments of Commercial Tax, Motor Vehicles and the
police would be immediately alerted to prevent vehicles carrying tobacco
products.
In a circular dated May 28, Tamil Nadu
Food Safety and Drug Administration Commissioner, Kumar Jayant, has
directed the Designated Officers in all districts to immediately notify
all food business operators to remove these banned products within a
month, failing which the stocks would be seized and destroyed.
Besides
educating all local food business operators on this ban and its
provisions, the Commissioner had also directed all the Designated
Officers of the Administration to prepare a list of all the places were
these banned products were manufactured, stored, distributed and sold.
Mr.
Jayant also warned the Designated Officers not to harass the food
business operators or misuse the provisions of the ban and implement it
smoothly.
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