Raids conducted by Health Department officials, notices served
The Health Department on Tuesday ordered closure of 35 eateries and served notice to another 2,144 in the State for violation of public health polices.
The closure order and serving of notices were on the basis of raids conducted by the department in hotels, bakeries, catering centres, soda manufacturing units and ice factories across the State.
During the raids, the department collected Rs.1.09 lakh as penalty under section 69 of the Food Safety Act.
A sum of Rs.58,750 was collected from hotels alone for violating public health parameters.
The raids conducted as part of the Safe Kerala, an initiative to check infectious diseases and promote public health, found 980 teams drawn from various wings of the Health Department inspecting as many as 12,785 eateries in the district, an official release here said.
The raids were conducted to ensure steps were taken to provide a clean and healthy environment where food was cooked and served to public.
The team carried out checks in the eateries to establish the hygiene, including personal hygiene of cooks; quality of water; facility for dumping waste; and drainage facility.During the raid, the team imposed fine on 55 persons who were found smoking at public places, the release said.
Officials collect Rs.1.09 lakh as penalty
Rs.58,750 has been collected from hotels alone
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