‘Subhojanam’ to provide training to those handling food
The city Corporation conducted raids across 52 restaurants and catering centres on Tuesday, closing down three of them temporarily for preparing food in unhygienic conditions.
Following the raid, Mayor V.K. Prashant also announced the launch of the civic body’s ‘Subhojanam’ project to provide mandatory training to those handling food in the city’s restaurants.
The raid was conducted by four special squads in different parts of the city. Misban hotel at Sreekaryam, Ammu catering service in Attipra, and one more catering service without a name were temporarily closed down to improve their working environment.
According to Corporation health officials, there was no issue with the quality of the food served here.
Notices served
In addition, notices were served on 47 more restaurants and catering services for not having proper system for segregated disposal of waste.
The Corporation had recently published an approved list of 19 firms that have been licensed to collect biodegradable waste from restaurants in the city.
The restaurant owners were asked to enter into a contract with these firms.
Identity cards
On completion of a week-long training as part of Subhojanam project, participants will be provided with identity cards.
Once all the phases of the training are completed, the civic body will make it mandatory that only those holding these identity cards can handle food in restaurants, bakeries, tea stalls, and catering units.
The training will be provided by experts from the industry, along with health inspectors of the Corporation. The training modules will be prepared in July.
In August
The training process is expected to begin by August. Those interested in working in the sector will also be provided training.
The Corporation is also mulling the inclusion of basic training in Malayalam language with the help of the literacy mission to migrant workers who make up a majority of workers in the restaurant industry.
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