Rajahmundry: Food safety authorities are going to take up a drive to keep check on quality of various kinds of food items including edible oils, dal, milk and milk products, packaged drinking water, spices, tea powder and others in East Godavari shortly.
In a recent meeting held in Hyderabad by the food safety commissioner Poonam Malakondaiah with all the senior officials, she learnt to have instructed the officials to conduct inspection on all food items and expedite the efforts to penalise the guilty by imposing penalty in case of minor violation and also to file cases for major violations.
Accordingly, the officials are working out a plan of action to inspect edible oil refineries, packaged drinking water supply plants, milk dairies, manufacturing units of tea powder and other food items.
They are also going to keep a close watch on stockists, wholesale and retail dealers of the food items.
The officials will be touring all over the district to collect samples of food items and send them for analysis to the State Food Laboratory in Hyderabad.
The authorities at the lab are supposed to send the report within 15 days after receiving the samples to the concerned authorities.
The food safety authorities based on the nature of violations including misbranded, sub-standard, not of standard quality, unsafe and sale of prohibited items, will file such cases with the adjudicating authority like the joint collector in the district. The JC’s court is having the authority to penalise the guilty. However, in case of serious violation of the food safety and standard rules, the authorities will file case in the competent court.
Food safety designated officer B.V.S.R.K. Prasad said, “We appeal to people to alert us in case they find food items of substandard quality being sold to help us take the culprits to task.” Meanwhile, the food safety authorities are facing shortage of man power and vehicles to carry out the drive.
In a recent meeting held in Hyderabad by the food safety commissioner Poonam Malakondaiah with all the senior officials, she learnt to have instructed the officials to conduct inspection on all food items and expedite the efforts to penalise the guilty by imposing penalty in case of minor violation and also to file cases for major violations.
Accordingly, the officials are working out a plan of action to inspect edible oil refineries, packaged drinking water supply plants, milk dairies, manufacturing units of tea powder and other food items.
They are also going to keep a close watch on stockists, wholesale and retail dealers of the food items.
The officials will be touring all over the district to collect samples of food items and send them for analysis to the State Food Laboratory in Hyderabad.
The authorities at the lab are supposed to send the report within 15 days after receiving the samples to the concerned authorities.
The food safety authorities based on the nature of violations including misbranded, sub-standard, not of standard quality, unsafe and sale of prohibited items, will file such cases with the adjudicating authority like the joint collector in the district. The JC’s court is having the authority to penalise the guilty. However, in case of serious violation of the food safety and standard rules, the authorities will file case in the competent court.
Food safety designated officer B.V.S.R.K. Prasad said, “We appeal to people to alert us in case they find food items of substandard quality being sold to help us take the culprits to task.” Meanwhile, the food safety authorities are facing shortage of man power and vehicles to carry out the drive.
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