THIRUVANANTHAPURAM:The food safety commissioner has asked fruits and vegetable vendors in the state to secure food safety licence or registration within a month.
The directive followed the detection of high-level pesticide content in vegetables produced in Tamil Nadu. A team from the Food Safety Department had recently conducted inspections at vegetable production and trading centres in Tamil Nadu. Vehicles transporting fruits and vegetables, including those arriving from other states, should possess registration certificates as per the food safety law. From July 15, vehicles without valid registration will not be allowed to enter the state.
The department has asked fruit and vegetable traders to avail of the licence and registration melas which will begin at its district offices on June 15.
The district-level squads of the Food Safety Department will conduct week-long inspections to ensure the implementation of the ban on Maggi noodles by the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India, Health Minister V S Sivakumar has said. The decision was taken at a high-level meeting convened by Food and Civil Supplies Minister Anoop Jacob here on Monday. Sivakumar said that all noodle brands in the market would be examined. Inspections would be conducted at restaurants to prevent the use of harmful flavour enhancers like Monosodium Glutamate. The food safety commissioner was asked to submit reports on the inspections on a daily basis. The health secretary was asked to conduct a discussion with the High Court registrar general for the speedy settlement of food poisoning cases.
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