INDORE: Despite continuous
extension of deadlines to renew the license for last one and half
years, only 2,500 have applied for the same against 8,000 odd licenses
of food joints which were issued by Indore Municipal Corporation.
After the implementation of food safety and standards Act 2006, it has been made mandatory for the eatery owners to have license from food and drug administration department. The act was implemented in August 2011 in Madhya Pradesh and the department set a target to complete all renewal work till August 2012. They again extended the target for two months but people did not come. Now, food and drug administration department has decided to complete the task till February, 2013.
Food safety officer Manish Swami told media persons that the department issues around 50-60 licenses everyday on an average but till now only around 2,500 have applied. The department has issued around 1,600 licenses against the applications received.
Meanwhile, the process of registering the petty vendors, including the milkman and others like a small food stall owners, is also underway, he added.
Swami further said that till date around 1,000 milkman have applied for registration and the process is nearly complete for around 800, besides the other vendors including small food stall owners have also applied for registration.
Interestingly, despite the fact that only 1500 small food stall owners were registered with IMC till date, but due to awareness, the low registration fee and simple process of the registration, the department has received applications from around 3,000 such vendors, Swami said.
Swami further said that it is basically the big eatery owners who were having licenses from IMC and are not turning up in adequate numbers.
Sources said that the date of making the licenses mandatory for the eatery owners has now been extended for more two months and it will now be mandatory to have licenses under the after February 2012.
The Act is being considered in its nascent stage but once the deadline for getting license is over, we would initiate strict action against those who are operating without licenses from food and drug administration, he added.
After the implementation of food safety and standards Act 2006, it has been made mandatory for the eatery owners to have license from food and drug administration department. The act was implemented in August 2011 in Madhya Pradesh and the department set a target to complete all renewal work till August 2012. They again extended the target for two months but people did not come. Now, food and drug administration department has decided to complete the task till February, 2013.
Food safety officer Manish Swami told media persons that the department issues around 50-60 licenses everyday on an average but till now only around 2,500 have applied. The department has issued around 1,600 licenses against the applications received.
Meanwhile, the process of registering the petty vendors, including the milkman and others like a small food stall owners, is also underway, he added.
Swami further said that till date around 1,000 milkman have applied for registration and the process is nearly complete for around 800, besides the other vendors including small food stall owners have also applied for registration.
Interestingly, despite the fact that only 1500 small food stall owners were registered with IMC till date, but due to awareness, the low registration fee and simple process of the registration, the department has received applications from around 3,000 such vendors, Swami said.
Swami further said that it is basically the big eatery owners who were having licenses from IMC and are not turning up in adequate numbers.
Sources said that the date of making the licenses mandatory for the eatery owners has now been extended for more two months and it will now be mandatory to have licenses under the after February 2012.
The Act is being considered in its nascent stage but once the deadline for getting license is over, we would initiate strict action against those who are operating without licenses from food and drug administration, he added.
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