Meerut: In an ongoing two-month survey conducted by the Food Safety and Drugs Administration (FSDA) authorities, as many as 1,200 food outlets in Meerut district were found to be running without licences or registrations that are mandatory for their functioning. The survey is being carried out to ensure that no food outlet is run illegally in the district.
Giving details, Archana Dheeran, designated officer, FSDA, said, “According to the instructions that have come from the state government authorities, we have been told to conduct a survey in the entire district to identify the food outlets which have not registered or taken a licence from us. Once identified, they will be given 20 days to comply with the rules or a case will be registered against them.”
It should be noted that a food outlet with an annual turnover of less than Rs 12 lakh needs to have a “registration” which can be obtained for a fee of Rs 100 every year. Similarly, a food outlet with an annual turnover of more than Rs 12 lakh has to get a licence for Rs 2,000 a year.
Dheeran said, “The survey is being done so as to make people aware about registrations and licences as these are necessary as per norms. Also it is necessary to ensure that no person selling food, even on a push cart, does not operate without a food licence. Until now, we have identified 1,200 food outlets in Meerut which do not have any registrations or licences from the department and have been issued notices. We expect to identify more such outlets by the time we end the survey.”
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