Panaji (Goa): The Food and Drugs Administration (FDA) has asked all the food operators to follow proper procedures to carry out their business at different establishments failing which they will face penal action.
“The food business operators operating canteens, eateries, food joints and/or supplying food to all educational institutes like school, Higher Secondary Schools, Colleges, Universities, Technical Training Centers as well as food business operators operating in Government offices, private offices, etc are required to obtain either the registration or license under the food safety and standard Act., failing which penal action shall be applied as per the provisions of law,” FDA official said.
The Food Safety and Standards Act, mandates the need of a license/registration to operate any food business in the country, and the food business operator found operating without the stipulated license/registration, are dealt under the penal provisions of the Act, which includes a fine up to Rs 5 lakhs, and imprisonment for a term which may extend up to six months.
The food business operators are also expected to operate their kitchens as per the hygienic and good manufacturing practices guidelines, stipulated under schedule 4 of the Food Safety Act, 2006. As such, all food business operators are requested to obtain License/Registration and to maintain hygiene in their kitchen, failing which they are warned of action as per the provisions of law.
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