Amritsar, August 4
Over 15,000 owners of food businesses got themselves registered with the Health Department with the last date for registration under the Food Safety and Standards (FSS) Act ending today.
District Health Officer, Dr Shivkaran Singh Kahlon, said the response to the instructions was encouraging. He said the registration would help the government in monitoring the food quality. The registration under the Food Safety and Standards Act was started in the state after August 8, 2011.
The state government had set various deadlines for registration, which were extended to give people more time for registeration.
Dr Kahlon said it was mandatory for any food business with an annual turnover of less than Rs 12 lakh to get registered while those with a bigger turnover were required to get licences.
He said over 500 applications were in the processing stage and registration numbers and licences would be issued in the due course of time. The Health Department had organised various camps at different places in the district to make the process easier for the food business.
Kahlon said various associations of food merchants were also involved to reach out to a maximum number of businesses in the city. Firms engaged in manufacturing, processing, packaging, storage, transportation, distribution, import and catering of foods were registered. He said additionally karyana shops, liquor vends, government warehouses and agencies too were required to get registered under the Act.
The act does have provisions for imposing penalty on businesses, which had not registered till the last date, added Kahlon.
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