Food Safety Licence must for hotels, restaurants
District Food Safety Officer Y Panduranga Rao said that food safety licence was must for every restaurant and hotels per rules. He said that inspection of food items in hotels and restaurants comes under the purview of food safety department and added that stern action would be taken against the owners that fail to get the food safety licence.
Rajamahendravaram: District Food Safety Officer Y Panduranga Rao said that food safety licence was must for every restaurant and hotels per rules. He said that inspection of food items in hotels and restaurants comes under the purview of food safety department and added that stern action would be taken against the owners that fail to get the food safety licence.
After conducting raids on some hotels in the city, he said the seized food items will be sent to food testing laboratory in Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University-Kakinada (JNTUK). He said non-vegetarian hotels and restaurant managements should purchase meat, chicken, etc., after the certification of a veterinary doctor.
Also, he said the hotel managements should make sure to buy the groceries from shops having food safety licence as per rules and to keep the vegetables in warm water for 10 minutes before they are used for cooking.
Meanwhile, addressing a press conference in the press club, Hotel and Restaurants Association president Kosuri Subba Raju alleged that some persons in the name of National Consumer Rights (NCR) have been creating panic among the hotel managements in the guise of inspections.
He said that NCR has no right to inspect the hotels and restaurants.A complaint was also lodged with the police and the issue was taken to the notice of AP State Hotels and Restaurants Association and food safety officers, he said.
