The district administration has issued an ultimatum to all those who were engaged in food business to convert their licences under the Food Safety and Standards (FSS) Act, 2006 by Thursday.
In a statement issued here on Tuesday, Collector S. Natarajan appealed to all those who were engaged in food business – from roadside eateries and tea shops to hotels and restaurants – to get their licences, earlier obtained under the Prevention of Food and Adulteration Act, 1954 changed.
As the Prevention of Food and Adulteration Act, 1954 was repealed on August 4, 2011 and replaced with the FSS Act, 2006, the authorities had advised those engaged in food business to get their licences changed under the new Act and extended the deadline from time to time.
They set August 4, 2016 as the final deadline and it was the duty of those engaged in food business to get their licences changed under the FSS Act, he said, and advised them to visit www.foodlicencing.fssai.gov.in for further details and applying for licence.
They could also visit the office of District Designated Officer, Food Safety Wing, for further details, he added.
Jagadish Chandra Bose, Designated Officer, Food Safety Wing, Tamil Nadu Food Safety and Drug Administration, said there were about 13,700 government and private food business establishments in Ramanathapuram district and till Wednesday, only about 50 per cent of them converted their licences under the new Act.
Action would be taken against erring businessmen based on instructions from the Commissioner of Food Safety, Chennai, he said.
Sivaganga Collector S. Malarvizhi has also advised those in food business in the district to convert their licences under the FSS Act, 2006.
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