After large-scale food poisoning, DM orders food dept to carry out regular inspections at hostels, schools
safefoodmitra.com · 2024-03-13 08:37:45
Gautam Budh Nagar district magistrate Manish Kumar Verma on Tuesday directed food department officials to carry out regular inspections of the kitchens at hostels and schools to ensure that food safety standards are being followed, district officials said on Tuesday.
“On-site inspections of canteens operated at hostels, colleges and schools in the district should be carried out by the food and drug administration department of the district to check whether the kitchens are operating as per the provisions of the Food Safety and Standards Act. If any institute is found in violation, strict action will be taken against the establishment,” Verma told officials in a meeting at the DM’s office in Surajpur, Greater Noida, on Tuesday.
The directives come four days after at least 76 college students living in a hostel in Greater Noida and 17 people from Barola village in Noida had to be hospitalised, allegedly after eating food made from buckwheat flour bought locally.
The food department had collected samples from as many as 11 places, including hostels and grocery shops in Noida and Greater Noida following the incident, and sent them for testing to state laboratories in Lucknow. The results are yet to come.