Coimbatore: Food safety officials and district collector K Rajamani on Saturday reiterated the need for all restaurants, hotels, catering companies, anganwadis, bottling companies, food kiosks and street food stalls to get either a food safety licence or a food safety registration.
They also told eateries that the use of single use plastic for serving and packaging food won’t be permitted and urged all the stakeholders to cover large water cans, instead of exposing it to the sunlight.
“Establishments that are yet to have licence or registration must approach the food safety department, know all the rules, conform to the rules and apply for either food safety licence or food safety registration based on the type of business they do,” said an official.
The officials said all the water bottling plants should have a Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) certification and apply for licences. “Large plastic cans that they use to fill water for the sales should be cleaned and dried regularly. When transporting these cans to an establishment or for door-to-door delivery, they should be covered and not exposed to the sun,” the official said.
Adulteration of tea with colouring agents, which has been a major problem in both Nilgiris and Coimbatore, is banned, they said. “If establishments are found using adulterated tea, which is obviously less expensive, cases will be registered against the owners and the product will be seized.”
