Avoid street food

 

Officials from the Corporation and the Food Safety and Standards Wing, inspecting the kitchen of the Rolex Hotel near the KSRTC Bus Stand. EPS

The health and food safety authorities have asked consumers to exercise caution before taking to new food items and fast foods. Authorities state that a number of such fast food outlets are opened only in the evenings, and hence often escape the eye of the health squads in the city.
“When it comes to street food and fast food joints that are laid out in the open, people must be very cautious. For one, many of these shops do not have registration or a permanent address and hence monitoring them becomes very difficult. Another issue is that most of them are opened only at night. Hence most of the health squads miss them completely,” said the Corporation Health Officer, C Shantha.
Authorities also point out that if one has to go in for street food anyway, it is better to stick to boiled and cooked foods rather than frozen or semi-cooked food items.