Telangana Govt proposes new for meat sellers

Hyderabad Jan 27: To ensure the safety of meat consumers in the State, a new set of regulations has been prepared by the Telangana chapter of the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI). The Regulations are as possible.

#Meat shops should not be within the 50-meter radius of any place of worship

# The height of meat shops should be at least 3 meters each #Meat shops should be placed at a proper distance from vegetable and other food markets

# the floor of the meat shops should be made of impervious concrete material for easy cleaning

# There should be potable water supply in the shops, and only fresh potable water should be used for cleaning meat during the process of slaughter and cutting

#Butchers should possess valid medical certificates and should not indulge in any kind of gutkha, paan or tobacco consumption.

# proper ventilation windows and exhaust fans must be set up in all meat shops.

# stainless steel utensils are used for slaughter of animals and cutting of meat

Assistant Food Controller P Chandrashekhar told that "new rules were framed after we found that there was a violation of food safety guidelines was currently rampant across the State, and that the governing body had formulated a new set of guidelines to help food inspectors monitor meat shops better."

FSSAI advises safety commissioners to focus on compliance with new norms

The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has asked safety commissioners to take cognizance of the new standards framed for various food products. The Food-safety czar has advised them to go easy on cases involving old norms and to withdraw or not pursue cases of violation of old norms and standards, unless companies are still not compliant with the new or revised standards.

The FSSAI, said that during the last few years a large number of new standards have been framed or amended/revised for several food products based on scientific evidence to ensure appropriate food safety levels and also to ensure apt level of protection of human life and health.

The order of the FSSAI further stated that, the field machinery tasked with the responsibility of ensuring food safety may have lodged cases against food business operators for violation of the old standards even though the impugned products may now be in conformity with the new/revised standards and that the engaging of state machinery in pursuing such cases not only diverts the scarce resources of the government but also burdens the judicial system.

Also, the Food-safety Authority further stated in its order, that the government wants the field machinery to be focused on genuine cases of unsafe food products and that the burden of litigation needs to be reduced, and hence, accordingly, the commissioners have been advised to withdraw, or at least not pursue, cases for violation of old norms and standards unless the products in question are still not in conformity with the new/revised standards.

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