Chandigarh, 1st November, 2018: The joint teams of
the Food Safety Administration, Health Department, U.T. Chandigarh today
conducted raids in the area of villages Daria, Kishangarh and Baphudham colony
in U.T. of Chandigarh. The Officers checked the hygienic condition of the shops
and manufacturing units selling and preparing sweets. Team seized six samples
of sweets made of milk products and issued two challans to the units preparing
sweets in unhygienic conditions. Around 2.4quintal of sweets lying in
unhygienic condition were destroyed by the team. The Food Business operators
are advised to:
➢ Keep premises
clean, free from environmental contamination & pest activity.
➢ All raw materials
shall conform to FSSAI standards and from FSSAI licensed vendor.
➢ Use Potable water
as ingredients
➢ Process all food
items at adequate temperature for appropriate time. Hot food above 600C
cold food below 50C
➢ Wash hands before
and after handling food and after using toilets, coughing, sneezing, etc.
➢ Use waterproof
bandage to cover cuts or burns wounds.
➢ Use clean and
separate dusters to clean surfaces and wipe utensils.
➢ Keep separate and covered
dustbins for food waste
➢ Keep storage
premises clean and pest & rodent free
➢ Maintain ambient
temperature in storage premises.
➢ Wear clean and
protective cloths.
➢ Donot sell expired
/ spoilt food.
➢ Use only permitted
food colours in sweets like Carotenoids, Chlorophylls and chlorophyllin, copper
complexes, caramel III- ammonia caramel, Curcumin, Annatoo etc. ( or follow as
mentioned under Food Safety & Standards Act, Regulations)
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