Jammu, December 13
The Jammu Municipal Corporation (JMC) has issued a final warning to the owners of eateries to renew their licences under the new Food Safety Act by February 4 next year or face suspension of their licences. Despite warning, most of the traders have not complied with the order for the last two years.
The food business include small retailers, roadside food vendors, hawkers, stall holders, cottage industries relating to food business and meat/mutton/poultry units with slaughtering capacity of two larger animals or 10 small animals or 50 poultry birds per day.
An official said, “Keeping in view the health aspects, the municipal corporation has been organising awareness camps at different places to urge people associated with the food business for need to maintain cleanness, but no strict action has been taken against the violators.”
All food business operators have been directed to renew their existing licences and registration granted under the repealed Act/order under the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006, and Food Safety and Standards (Licencing and Regulation of Food Business) Regulations, 2011, by February 4 next year.
Municipal health officer Dr Vinod Sharma said routine inspections were being carried out in the city and samples were being taken. “About 50 suppliers were today made aware about the need to have fit-for-consumption certificate,” he said. Dr Sharma said an awareness camp was today organised at Rehari and all shopkeepers were asked to keep milk testing machines at their shops for checking of milk as well as display the rate list.
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