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KCR directs police to curb food adulteration

A special team has been constituted for inspection of eateries in the limits of Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC)
Hyderabad: Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao on Saturday instructed the police to curb food adulteration in coordination with Food Safety Department. A special team has been constituted for inspection of eateries in the limits of Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC).
The GHMC is taking steps to ensure hygiene in the eating houses and also to curb food adulteration. The GHMC is determined to enforce the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006 and Rules, 2011 and also the Provisions of Hyderabad Municipal Corporation Act, 1955.
The Food Safety officials, Assistant Medical Officers of Health (AMoH), Deputy Commissioners and other officials concerned are conducting surprise inspections on hotels and restaurants. The officials had so far inspected as many as 373 hotels between March 3 and June 3. Penalties to the tune of 16,77,700 were imposed on 208 hotels.
The special teams are tasked with the responsibility of ensuring that the premises of hotels are kept in hygienic condition and staff are neat and tidy. Eateries have been directed to see that kitchen rooms are tidy and proper ventilation. They have also been asked not to keep the food in refrigerators.

GHMC to check out hotels

The police has been directed by Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao to curb illegal manufacturing units adulterating food products.
Special teams are being constituted for inspection of various establishments dealing with food in GHMC limits with the support of the police.
Hyderabad: The police has been directed by Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao to curb illegal manufacturing units adulterating food products, in coordination with the food safety department. Special teams are being constituted for inspection of various establishments dealing with food in GHMC limits with the support of the police. GHMC is taking steps to maintain hygiene by the eating establishments and to control the food adulteration.
GHMC said that till July 3, it had inspected 373 hotels and imposed Rs 16.78 lakh penalties on 208 of them. GHMC inspectors looked for hygiene of the place, quality of water and cleanliness and ventilation in the kitchen. They also checked if food was being stored in the fridge, and whether date-expired food stuffs were being disposed of. They also checked whether meat was obtained from licenced slaughterhouses. The teams checked for separate rooms and toilets for staff, and whether the workers were wearing uniform.

Drugs and illegal food disposed

THOUBAL| July 8
Under the supervision of SP, district police Kakching, W. Singhajeet, a team of police lead by SDPO, Thingam Deeshorjeet disposed yesterday, various drugs and illegal food products seized from many areas of kakching and Hiyanglam. The seized items were disposed of by burning them at Kakching, Urok Chingkhong. The disposal was carried out under the presence of the councillors of Kakching Municipal Council, the SDC of central kakching, officials of food safety, police officers and personnel of Kakching and Hiyanglam.
The disposed drugs and illegal food products would amount to approximately Rs 28,000 in the local market.