Health Minister C. Laxma Reddy flagged off a mobile food-testing van here on Monday. The van was sanctioned by the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India, as part of a Central government scheme, to maintain food safety and hygiene standards, mainly in eateries.
At the present time,Presently, food samples for testing are sent to a government lab in Nacharam. The reports are then dispatched to the Institute of Preventive Medicine, before which the health administration and other regulatory authorities cannot take action. With food-inspecting vans, tests can be done outside a hotel or restaurant, without delay in dispensing results.
Besides attending to complaints, a schedule for its use as a medium of awareness about food-safety will soon be drawn, officials said. The State is likely to get another van soon.
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