The Commissioner of Food Safety has directed that special district-level squads be set up at check-posts for examining the consignments of vegetables, fruits, fish and dried fish being brought into the State from the neighbouring States.
All district Assistant Food Safety Commissioners have been asked to organise special squads to conduct checks at check-posts and collect details on the food business operators who are bringing in vegetables/fish/fruits across the border and if they possess the licence and registration.
The details of vehicles and from where the food items are being brought in should be collected.
The surveillance samples of fruits/vegetables should be sent to the pesticide residue testing labs of Kerala Agricultural University whereas the surveillance samples of fish/dried fish should be sent to the Central Institute of Fisheries Technology. The statutory samples of fruits, vegetables, fish and dried fish should be sent to the labs under the Food Safety Department.
The Food Safety Commissioner has directed that the details of the food business operators should also be collected and it should be ascertained if they possess the mandatory FSSAI licence or registration.
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