Health Dept issues notices to 9 food handlers

Tribune News Service

Patiala, January 28

The food wing of the district health department today issued notices to nine food handlers for not possessing registration certificates. The notices had been issued for violation of the Food Safety and Standards Act (FSSAI), 2006.

Issuing a warning to the violators, the district health department said they would impose fine if the violators failed to get registration certificates in seven days.

The notices were issued during a raid by District Health Officer (DHO) Shailey Jaitley. She said no food handlers would be allowed to sell food products without registration.

“We have given seven days’ time window for the violators to get themselves registered as per the Act. If they fail to comply with the notices, they will be slapped fine,” the DHO said.

Since last year, the district health department had been conducting several camps to make food handlers aware of registration certificates. However, a majority of the food handlers have been reportedly selling food products without licence.

Six food samples collected

The district health department collected as many as six food samples from various villages. The DHO said the food safety officer (FSO) collected samples of edible oil, red chilli powder, mustard oil, mineral water, ‘bundi laddoo’ and bakery biscuit. The DHO said the collected samples were sent to the state lab for testing.