‘Curb sale of unhygienic, misbranded food items in Srinagar’

Srinagar, Dec 1: A meeting of District Level Advisory Committee (DLAC) on Food Safety was held under the Chairmanship of Deputy Commissioner(DC) Srinagar, Mohammad Aijaz Asad here to review the measures in place to ensure quality food to people in the District.

DC, who is also the Chairman of DLAC underlined the importance of maintaining high standards of food safety for wellbeing of the public, the DC issued instructions to Officers to ensure hygienic food availability in the market. He emphasised the need for inspection squads to monitor and curb the sale of unhealthy and expired food products, especially those targeted at children, besides to give focused attention towards curbing sale of misbranded food items.

The DC exhorted upon the Srinagar Food Safety Team to strengthen the intelligence network to gather the critical and sensitive information about unhygienic/misbranded food items.

The DC stressed on conducting intensifying market checking across the District and laid emphasis on increasing the volume of lifting the food samples by adopting scientific procedures for study and sharing the findings with the Administration for further course the safety of the human lives. He instructed for taking strict action under law against the FPOs involved in violation of the Food Safety Act.

The DC also stressed further strengthening the Complaint Redressal Mechanism in Srinagar District to encourage the genuine complaints of the consumers. He directed the officers to conduct awareness programs involving all stakeholders to educate the public on the importance of safe food and maintaining a healthy diet. The DC also stressed on conducting special drives for enforcement of milk, edible oil and other daily consumables in the City markets.