FDA continues its food safety drive

10 food outlets in Calangute issued closure notices

MAPUSA: Food & Drug Administration continued its food safety drive where in the team along with Calangute Panchayat conducted joint inspection at Calangute Market area on Monday.

During this inspection, 16 food outlets were inspected of which around 10 joints were issued closure notices till the next FDA order. These 10 outlets were found operating in extremely unhygienic conditions with dirty utensils. FDA team also collected food samples for further testing.

The issue of unhygienic food joints in Calangute was raised during last gram sabha by Calangute Panchayat where the locals had complained about poor quality of food.

The FDA headed by Richard Noronha comprised of Abel Rodrigues, Amit Mandrekar, Madhav Kavlekar, Shruti Pilarnekar, Rohidas Gawas and Sainath Mandrekar.