Authorities today seized expired stock of food from Bibi Amina girls’ hostel of Kashmir University which was served to the boarders.
On Monday, a team of officials from drug and food safety organization visited the hostel and found its mess in “unhygienic” conditions. The team said they have taken up the food samples for further investigations.
Assistant commissioner food safety Hilal Ahmad Mir confirmed the development and said “our team visited the hostel building and found the hostel condition unhygienic.”
“We have taken up the samples for further investigation. Our team planned to close the mess, but the decision was changed as the KU people pleaded that the move cause inconvenience to the students,” Mir said.
To mention, the team visited the hostel building after receiving complaints from hostel boarders that they were served unhygienic and expired food.
“We observed it from past months that we were not given hygienic and proper food here. We also took up the matter with authorities but there was no improvement on ground,” a group of hostel boarders said.
Unlike other hostels, the catering of this hostel has been outsourced by the university administration. “The boarders of this hostel are facing problems while as in other hostels the mess and other facilities are regularly monitored by the university administration,” the students said.
“The students of other hostels get their grievances resolved by approaching concerned warden or provost but in our case the officials pass the buck by saying the hostel has been outsourced by administration,” they said.
Meanwhile, Mir said “action will be taken after finalization of the report.”
Meanwhile, the officials in Kashmir University said they will wait for the report of food safety and drug organization. “Once the team will submit its report, appropriate action will follow,” the official said.
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