Schools told to implement the Food Safety and Standards
The health department teams today inspected canteens of various schools in the city to check the quality to food being served to the students there. The teams also made the canteen managers aware of the Food Safety and Standards Act and directed them to serve hygienically prepared good quality food items only. During the inspections, though no samples were collected and no seizures were made but canteen owners were issued warnings.
District Health Officer Dr Pradeep Singh Kahlon said canteen owners need to be educated about the quality parameters.
He said teams had informed the staff at the canteen about the various parameters to assess the quality of food.
He said by conducting the inspections, the department has sent the signal that the next time no excuses will be heard.
“Now the canteen owners know about the quality parameters and the Food Safety and Standards Act. As such this is there duty to follow the guidelines," said Kahlon. Food Inspector Amit Joshi led the teams.
Amit Joshi said the teams had detected various shortcomings mainly regarding cleanliness in the canteens of various schools.
He said the school authorities had been immediately informed about these shortcomings.
He said they have asked school principals to intervene.
The department had chalked out a plan to check food quality in the canteens of various schools and colleges few days ago after the department received complaints about the substandard food being served to the students.
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