Meerut: To increase the number of legal eateries and food joints, the Uttar Pradesh government has directed the Food Safety and Drugs Administration (FSDA) units to issue as many as 5,000 new food licences and registrations across the state. Meerut alone has a target of issuing 80 new food licences and 200 new registrations. This, interestingly, is a part of 100-day action plan of the newly formed BJP government.
Randheer Singh, designated officer, FSDA, Meerut, said, “At a recent meeting in Lucknow, certain guidelines have been issued to the department to be implemented within 100 days. One of the most important decisions taken at the meeting was to increase the number of registrations and licences for operating food units in the entire state. This order will put food shops and units running without licence or registration under the scanner of the authorities.”
According to the norms, any food outlet with an income of Rs 12 lakh annually needs to get registered by FSDA’s food safety officer. Similarly, any food outlet with an income between Rs 12 lakh and Rs 30 crore needs to get a food licence from the designated officer of their respective district. Food outlets earning over Rs 30 crore per annum must get licences from the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI).
“In Meerut district, we have to issue 80 licences and get 200 registrations done. All this has to be completed in a span of 100 days,” said Randheer Singh.
Meanwhile, the FSDA department will also conduct awareness programmes at public and religious places to make people aware about food licences and the norms of the department, which have to be followed if a shopkeeper is selling any food item.
“Court cases also have to be disposed of in 90 days’ time and delays have to be checked. Also, instructions have been given to keep a check on adulteration of milk, milk products, edible oil and spices,” said Singh.
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