District Collector T.N. Hariharan has asked those in food business to register with the food safety office concerned or obtain licence. A release issued by the district administration said that those who cook food, wholesale traders, distributors, retail traders, bakeries, cool drink manufacturers and sellers, ice cream parlours, sweet shops, snack bars, grocers, rice mills, spices producers, food re-packers, milk producers, processing units and sellers and those who use vehicles to transport food and everybody in the food business chain should register with the authority as per the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2011.
Those who run canteen, mess in government establishments, hostels, street vendors, push cart vendors, caterers who undertake party, wedding or other orders, meat, poultry, pork stalls and noon meal centres should also obtain licence.
Those who had already registered or licensed should renew their registration or licence before expiry. The Coimbatore office of the Designated Food Safety Officer had issued licence to 5,722 persons and issued registration certificate to 9,521 persons.
It had initiated action on 204 persons on food adulteration charges and collected Rs. 16.60 lakh in fine, the release added.
The release also asked people to report complaints through WhatsApp on 94440-42322.
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