Kohima: It is informed that all food business operators (FBOs) in Nagaland have been directed to obtain licenses and register their businesses under the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006, before February 4th, 2014. Neiphi Kire, principal director and additional food safety commissioner, directorate of health and family welfare, Nagaland, said, “Operating a food business without a license or registration will attract penalty up to Rs 5 lakh and imprisonment up to six months under Section 63 of the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006.”
According to the Act, all FBOs should be registered with the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) and obtain licenses. FBOs includes hotels, permanent and temporary stall owners, hawkers, home-based canteens, dhabawalas, food manufacturers, processors, re-packers, food stall arrangements in religious gatherings, slaughterhouses, storage houses, retail and wholesale traders, hostels, packaged drinking water units and so on. “Non-compliance to this directive would be an offence punishable under the said Act and rules,” Kire said.
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