LUDHIANA: In a bid to improve the quality of food available in the city, additional district commissioner Neeru Katyal and district health officer Avinash Kumar held meetings with representatives of food associations at the mini secretariat.
They informed them that every food selling entity should have licenses and should also get them registered as soon as possible. "This will help ensure the health of people around the city," said Neeru Katyal, ADC, Ludhiana.
Punjab government has given food entities the deadline of February 4, 2014 to get themselves registered. Under the Food Safety and Standard Act, once the food vendor is registered, he will be authenticated to sell hygienic food.
The health department will keep a tab on registered entities by conducting surprise checks.
"The idea is to ensure that consumers get to eat hygienic food. If any entity is found unregistered, they will have to pay a fine of up to Rs 5 lakh or jail term for six months," said Avinash Kumar, district health officer.
For registration in the health department, food selling entities with an annual sales turnover of up to Rs 12 lakh will be charged up to Rs 100 while those with an annual sales turnover of more than Rs 12 lakh will have to pay between Rs 2,000 and Rs 5,000.
Taking strict note of the samples that failed in the city over the last two years, the department has made it compulsory for all organisations to get registration done as soon as possible. Around 5,000 applications for registration have been submitted, of which 950 have been passed.
Associations at the meeting on food safety included Ice cream Association, Bakery Association, Hotel and Restaurants Association, Confectionary association, Dairy association, Retail and Karyana Association.
They informed them that every food selling entity should have licenses and should also get them registered as soon as possible. "This will help ensure the health of people around the city," said Neeru Katyal, ADC, Ludhiana.
Punjab government has given food entities the deadline of February 4, 2014 to get themselves registered. Under the Food Safety and Standard Act, once the food vendor is registered, he will be authenticated to sell hygienic food.
The health department will keep a tab on registered entities by conducting surprise checks.
"The idea is to ensure that consumers get to eat hygienic food. If any entity is found unregistered, they will have to pay a fine of up to Rs 5 lakh or jail term for six months," said Avinash Kumar, district health officer.
For registration in the health department, food selling entities with an annual sales turnover of up to Rs 12 lakh will be charged up to Rs 100 while those with an annual sales turnover of more than Rs 12 lakh will have to pay between Rs 2,000 and Rs 5,000.
Taking strict note of the samples that failed in the city over the last two years, the department has made it compulsory for all organisations to get registration done as soon as possible. Around 5,000 applications for registration have been submitted, of which 950 have been passed.
Associations at the meeting on food safety included Ice cream Association, Bakery Association, Hotel and Restaurants Association, Confectionary association, Dairy association, Retail and Karyana Association.
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