Six eateries challaned for not segregating waste, plastic use in Jalandhar

Tribune News Service

Jalandhar, October 8

Six eateries were challaned during joint raids of officials of the Health Department and the MC here on Friday. Eateries and dhabas near the railways station were raided and challaned during the drive.

The drive was led by Joint Commissioner, MC, Jalandhar, Anita Darshi. Food Security Officers were also part of the inspection teams. Challans were primarily issued for non-segregation of biodegradable and non-biodegradable wastes in these dhabas and also for using plastic bags.

Notably, for the last few days, the MC and Health Department had been conducting joint raids ahead of the festive season at city eateries. Sanitation and branding of the eateries’ food products were also reviewed by the Health Department teams.

The Food Security Department is also holding drives to crack down on eateries using substandard cooking oil with more than edible levels of TCP (total polar compounds) value.

Teams of both the departments have been busy conducting inspections over the last week. Food Security Officer Beha Sharma said, “A challan was issued to six dhabas today for using plastic bags and failing to segregate their wastes as per guidelines. The awareness level of the dhaba owners on health issues has been very low.”

Notably, the Health Department also found irregularities on two previous occasions in the past fortnight. Around 275 kg of substandard paneer was destroyed during a drive on September 17 and 22 in which various eateries/dhabas were raided two of which were found using substandard oil.