Lucknow DM admits pending cases of food adulteration, says strict vigil is on

LUCKNOW: The Lucknow district administration has admitted that thousands of cases of food adulteration are pending since last 5 to 10 years are so. Most of the pendency is at the level of concerned ACJM (civil court) and most of the cases are pursued by LMC. District magistrate Raj Shekhar said, "DO letter will be sent to district judge requesting him to intervene in the matter and instruct concerned ACJM to expedite the disposal of the cases. This issue will also be flagged in the monitoring cell meeting with the judicial officers." 

The DM also informed that imposing fine or challan will be monitored weekly by the city magistrate, who will submit a report to the DM, and added that food establishment, which have not applied for registration would come under the ambit of fine/challan. As of now (as per the state of UP , Dept of Food safety) the last date registration for the valid food license for all kinds of food establishments was August 4. Now the time has not been extended by the state government.