JAMMU: Acting on a specific complaint, regarding sale of food article being prepared from unwholesome food ingredients and offered for sale to the consumers by a hotel in Jammu city, a team of the Food Safety Officers comprising Daleep Singh and Rakesh Kumar Gupta under the supervision of Sanjeev Kumar, Assistant Controller Food, (MCJ), Drugs and Food Control Organisation (DFCO), J and K, Jammu carried out a detailed inspection of the kitchens and stores of the hotel.
It was observed that the establishment was being run under unhygienic and insanitary conditions and heaps of garbage lying unattended could be seen within the premises. Processing of food was being carried out with deteriorated vegetables, virtually unsafe for human consumption.
Large quantity of unwholesome food articles such as cooked potatoes, sauces, meat, etc were destroyed on the spot. Challan on account of unhygienic and insanitary conditions under the provision of the Food Safety and Standards Act 2006 shall be filed. An improvement notice has also been served upon the hotel management for upgrading the existing infrastructure within a specific time frame.
Meanwhile, acting on the reports regarding artificial ripening of fruits in Fruit Mandi, the team of DFCO carried out a detailed inspection of Fruit Mandi. Vice President Fruit Mandi Association Om Parkash Saini along with other members associated with the trade were apprised by the DFCO team regarding health risks associated with the use of calcium carbide commonly used for ripening of the fruits.
It was impressed upon vendors that persons who indulge in such practices shall be dealt sternly under law.
It was also decided that a sensitisation cum awareness workshop on the topic shall be organised to suggest alternative methods of ripening which are naturally safe and were in use conventionally
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