Jun 23, 2013
14 eateries asked to close down
52 outlets get improvement notices in two-day action
As many as 14 restaurants in the district were issued
improvement notices by the Food Safety officials on Saturday for
violation of the 30-point regulations for hygiene stipulated by the Food
Safety Department. (These 14 hotels would have to be closed down.
Others served improvement notices can function but works should be
carried out to raise standards). As many as 18 hotels were shut down on
Friday. In the two-day action, 52 hotels were served improvement
notices. As many as 12 hotels were fined, total fines amounting to
Rs.1.20 lakh.
The hotels that were shut down were
Hotel Dhanya, Chakka Bypass; Ali Resturant, Manacaud; Hotel Ajanta,
Vazhuthacaud; Hotel Aryas, Vazhuthacaud; Hotel Malabar, Statue; Hotel
Chandra, Thirumala; Food&Style, Palayam; Mobeena Bakers, Pettah;
Hotel Ameenas, Safa Hotel, and A-one hotel and fastfood (all three at
Vattiyoorkavu); Hotel Shine, Mannanthala; Hotel Smart, Kaimanam; and
Arun Tiffin Centre, Killippalam.
Vada pav by the wayside to get hygienic - Safe Street Food Project
Mumbai among 15 cities chosen by Centre to kick off national project.
Vendors wearing gloves while serving up plates of pani puri or donning a
chef’s hat while stirring spicy bhel may soon be a regular sighting to
Mumbai’s street food culture.
Street food is set to become certifiably safer with the central
government kicking off their Safe Street Food project across fifteen
cities in India including Mumbai, Delhi, Hyderabad, Bangalore,
Ahmadabad, Kolkata, Patna, Lucknow, Varanasi, Dehradun, Bhubaneshwar,
Agartala, Jammu, Trivandrum and Chennai. The project will take off in
November this year.
Food Safety and Standard Authority of India’s (FSSAI) that launched the
Safe Street Food project plans to use officials from the state Food and
Drugs Administration (FDA) to narrow down food stalls at Juhu and
Girgaon Chowpatty as a part of the pilot project.
Prior to the implementation, a detailed project report has been sought
by FSSAI from all states. FDA officials are currently seeking
information on 80 food stalls in Juhu and 28 stall in Girgaon about
their working practices.
“We are closely studying the cooks to see if they maintain hygiene
while cooking. We are also observing how they store food and dispose
garbage,” said Kamlesh Sankhe, joint commissioner (food), FDA.
Apart from training the street vendors on handling preparation, storage
and presentation of food, the central government has instructed the
state and BMC to develop an infrastructure at street food hotspots to
make them more tourist-friendly.
“We have repeatedly requested the civic and state authorities to
provide sheds as protection from the rain and winds. Toilet facilities,
waste disposal and drainage facilities should be provided as well,” said
Atul Gupta, treasurer, Girgaon Bhelpuri Khadya Peey Vikreta Industrial
Products Co-operative Society Limited.
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