A team from health department destroys 130 kg of unhygienic food; issues notices to 18 hotels and six malls
In a major food safety drive, a flying squad from Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation’s health department took samples from 16 hotels, including five- and four-star ones, as well as 10 malls frequented by Amdavadis. The samples have been sent to Public Health Laboratory in Navrangpura. If these are found to be unsafe, AMC will take further action.
Hotels and malls from where the samples were taken are Taj Ummed, Comfort Inn, Hotel Pride, Grand Bhagwati, Le Meridian, Inder Residency, Big Bazaar, Reliance Fresh, Big Bazaar and National Handloom Corporation. The department has also issued notices to 18 other hotels and six other malls.
“The squad conducted the drive on Thursday and Friday to check the quality of food under Food Safety and Standard Act 2006. This is a regular exercise. We get results from the
laboratory in 15 days.
“The respective party will be informed about the standard of sample taken from their premises,” said Bhavin Joshi, in-charge medical health officer.
“Party whose samples are found unfit can then send their samples to the food laboratory in Ghaziabad through us. They just have to issue a demand draft of Rs 1,000 in the name of the laboratory. If the results from Ghaziabad matches AMC’s, we will write to the executing officer of Food Safety Department in Gandhinagar to take action against the offender,” Joshi further added.
Joshi said that the team also destroyed 130 kg of unhygenic food and collected Rs 96,000 from the vendors as administrative charges. We will continue this drive in coming days as well, Joshi told Mirror.
Drive against malls and hotels will continue in the coming days, said AMC
In a major food safety drive, a flying squad from Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation’s health department took samples from 16 hotels, including five- and four-star ones, as well as 10 malls frequented by Amdavadis. The samples have been sent to Public Health Laboratory in Navrangpura. If these are found to be unsafe, AMC will take further action.
Hotels and malls from where the samples were taken are Taj Ummed, Comfort Inn, Hotel Pride, Grand Bhagwati, Le Meridian, Inder Residency, Big Bazaar, Reliance Fresh, Big Bazaar and National Handloom Corporation. The department has also issued notices to 18 other hotels and six other malls.
“The squad conducted the drive on Thursday and Friday to check the quality of food under Food Safety and Standard Act 2006. This is a regular exercise. We get results from the
laboratory in 15 days.
“The respective party will be informed about the standard of sample taken from their premises,” said Bhavin Joshi, in-charge medical health officer.
“Party whose samples are found unfit can then send their samples to the food laboratory in Ghaziabad through us. They just have to issue a demand draft of Rs 1,000 in the name of the laboratory. If the results from Ghaziabad matches AMC’s, we will write to the executing officer of Food Safety Department in Gandhinagar to take action against the offender,” Joshi further added.
Joshi said that the team also destroyed 130 kg of unhygenic food and collected Rs 96,000 from the vendors as administrative charges. We will continue this drive in coming days as well, Joshi told Mirror.
Drive against malls and hotels will continue in the coming days, said AMC
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