A Division Bench of the Kerala High Court on Thursday
directed the Food Safety Commissioner to file a detailed statement
regarding the procedure being adopted for implementing the Food Safety
Act.
The Bench comprising Chief Justice Manjula
Chellur and Justice A.M. Shaffique ordered the Food Safety Commissioner
to state whether proper inspections were being carried out in all the
eateries, restaurants and hotels and about the cases detected so far and
also the adjudication of the cases.
The directives
were issued when public interest writ petitions seeking to ensure safety
of foods distributed in hotels and restaurants filed in the wake of
death of a person in Thiruvananthapuram after consuming food came up for
hearing.
The petitioners alleged that no steps had been taken to ensure distribution of hygienic foods in the State.
