CURATED BY – DHEERAJ KUMAR AHIRWAL | CITYCHIEFNEWS

Damoh, District level steering committee meeting was held under the chairmanship of Collector and District Level Advisory Committee Chairman Sudhir Kumar Kochar with the objective of quick and effective implementation, supervision, monitoring, evaluation and compliance of regulatory provisions of Food Safety and Standards Act 2006 in the district. In the meeting, in the presence of all the officers and nominated members of the committee, DO Food Safety Administration Rakesh Ahirwal presented the agenda of the meeting pointwise, on which Collector Kochar directed to take necessary action.

The Collector directed the Food Safety Officer to take action to get the pending judicial cases decided at a fast pace by the Adjudicating Officer / Additional District Magistrate in the court.

He said that training and public awareness sessions should be organized in all government schools and colleges to make students aware of adulteration in food items and information related to nutrients. A letter should be written again to the senior office for the non-receipt of reports till last month by the food testing laboratory. Instructions were given in the meeting to conduct continuous action of checking and inspection of the quality of food provided in Anganwadi and mid-day meal, District Hospital, Deendayal Antyodaya kitchen and quality checking of food items manufactured and sold in hotels, restaurants, chaat phulki, breakfast shops in the rainy season in the form of an intensive investigation campaign.

He said that along with conducting the audit of Safe Bhog, Clean Street Food Hub, Clean Vegetable Market in Eat Right Challenge Competition Phase-4 soon, a public awareness campaign should be started at the block level to identify adulteration in food items in rural areas.

The collector said that special campaigns should be run during the rainy season to prevent adulteration in food items and to prevent food-borne diseases and workshops should be organized to inform housewives about easy tests to identify adulteration in food items by organizing public awareness programs.

Instructions were given to invite representatives of CAT Association President, Grocery Association President, Dal Mill President, Oil Mill Association, Wholesale Fruit and Vegetable Sellers Association as special invitees in the meeting of the District Level Advisory Committee.