All big and small Food Business Operators (FBOs) in Punjab would be imparted training in wake of the glaring flaws observed during the inspections conducted by the Food Safety Teams in the past couple of months, KS Pannu, Commissioner Food Safety Punjab said on Saturday.
"It has been observed that FBOs knowingly or unknowingly overlook the norms laid down by Food Safety and Standards Authority of India. Compromise with the food quality is a serious health concern and can not be ignored," said Pannu.
Under Tandrust Punjab Mission, healthy and hygienic food is an area of primary focus, so it has been decided to provide intensive training to all the FBOs registered with the department, which includes nearly one lac big and small FBOs, the official said.
The training would focus on all the aspects of providing healthy and hygienic food, do's and don'ts of processing and cooking food, hygiene of the work place and the work force as well as prohibition of usage ingredients of restricted by FSSAI would be impressed upon the FBOs, said Pannu.
The Commissioner Food Safety informed that the training would be imparted by an organisation registered with the FSSAI as training partner and expression of interest has been invited by the department from the interested organisations. Soon the training would be undertaken by the shortlisted organisation. Pannu said training would also be imparted to all the Rehriwalas serving food and snacks to the people in markets and on roadsides. However, it would be absolutely free of cost for them.
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