The Food Safety Team Dimapur in coordination with the Kuda Village Council Authority conducted Food Safety Awareness program on January 23 at Kuda Village.
DIMAPUR, JANUARY 24 (MExN): The Food Safety Team Dimapur in coordination with the Kuda Village Council Authority conducted Food Safety Awareness program on January 23 for the Food Business Operators (FBOs) of Kuda Village at the Youth Hall at Kuda Village, Half Nagarjan Dimapur.
Designated Officer of Food Safety, Samuel Zehol, presented an introduction on FSSAI, the need and importance to get shops licensed/registered under FSSAI and the compliances to be adhered by the FBOs at all times. Zehol informed the FBOs on the procedure for registration/licensing online, documentation requirements and labelling information of food products for manufacturers.
The FBOs were also sensitized under Section 31 of the FSSAI Act 2006, that no person shall start a food business unless with a license or registration. Any food business with a total annual turnover of more than 12 lakhs should get licensed and below 12 lakhs should get registered under FSSAI. The application can be done online through the website www.foscos.fssai.gov.in for a period of 1-5 years at a time.
The FBOs are also to ensure compliance through Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) and Good Hygienic Practices (GHP), the sale and storage of food articles within the purview of the FSSAI rules and regulations, First In First Out (FIFO) practice of the food articles.
The FBOs dealing in manufacturing and food services were also advised to get medical fitness certificates from a registered doctor for direct food handlers/chefs. As for labelling of food articles for manufacturers which includes bakeries, homebased FBOs and the like to label their product with complete information. FBOs were also advised not to accept any product without labels or defective labelling to sell in their premise and also the consumer should avoid buying food articles without labels. The FBOs were also informed on the details to be included while labelling a product. Veg or Non-Veg logo and additives if used must be clearly shown and specified on the label besides other details of the product.
Later, Food Safety on Wheels technicians conducted spot testing of common food adulterants were performed on milk (solid & liquid), honey, daal, pea, turmeric, green chilli and chilli powder.
