Eleven food vendors in various parts of Jammu were challaned for violation of Food Safety rules by a Food Safety team of Municipal Limit Jammu (FDA) headed by Dr Parvesh Kumar, Assistant Commissioner, Food Safety Jammu. The team conducted inspections of various food vendors at Gole Market (Gandhi Nagar), Trikuta Complex (BC Road), Dogra Hall, Bantalab, Barnai Road and Paloura. During the drive, 16 vendors were challaned for insanitary and unhygienic conditions and other contraventions of Food Safety & Standards Act 2006. Amongst those challaned were Greedy Gutts (Buffet Hutts) at Gole Market Gandhi Nagar, Verma Bar & Restaurant at Bantalab, Tara Pahalwan Da Dhaba and India Fast Food Restaurant at Trikuta Complex, Kashmiri Halal Meat Shop at Panama Chowk, Surinder Naan Shop at Gandhi Nagar, Sharma Vaishno Dhaba at Railway Station, Bismillah Halal Meat Shop at BC Road, Punjabi Soup Corner at BC Road, Sharma Dhaba at Janipur, SP Traders at Paloura Talab, SA Enterprises at Paloura Talab, Aggarwal Agencies at Dogra Hall, Thakur Bakery at Bantalab, Gupta Traders at Barnai Road Jammu and Bral Sweets at Preet Nagar. Moreover, samples of cooked food from Hot Billions (BC Road), Milk & Milk Products from Bral Sweets (Preet Nagar), mustard oil, bakery items etc were lifted and sent to the Food Testing Laboratory Jammu for ascertaining standard of purity. Further, all the food vendors were warned not to prepare unhealthy food otherwise strict legal action shall be initiated against the violators. The Food Safety officers advised public to check each and every eatable before they consume. Meanwhile, an awareness camp at Railway Station was conducted by the Food Safety team to aware the street vendors about hygienes and norms of FSSA 2006. The drive was conducted by Food Safety Officers– Ajay Khajuria, Hans Raj Andotra and Pervaiz Ahmed under the overall supervision of Commissioner, FDA, J&K
