Bengaluru,
Cabinet approves recruitment to fill 177 vacancies
The state Cabinet on Wednesday approved a proposal to come out with a separate cadre and recruitment rules for appointing food safety inspectors in the state.
The Cabinet not only gave its approval to the Health and Family Welfare Department Services (Food Safety and Standards Act) (Recruitment) Rules, 2015, but also gave the go-ahead to the Health and Family Welfare department for recruitment of 177 food safety inspectors, Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister T B Jayachandra told reporters after the Cabinet meeting.
Currently, the department is making medical doctors to double up as food inspectors though they are not qualified to do so. It is for the first time a separate cadre and recruitment rules are being framed for enabling the department appoint qualified persons as food inspectors, the minister explained.
As per the new rules, graduates in biotechnology and biochemistry will be recruited as food safety inspectors. To begin with, the inspectors will be deputed in all taluks of the state, he added.
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