2024-03-24 12:56:25
Soft drink and bottled water inspections: In order to ensure the safety of soft drinks and bottled water sold during hot season, a state-wide inspection was conducted under the leadership of the Food Safety Department. Inspections were completed at ice cream manufacturing and marketing centers, bottled water manufacturing and distribution centers, and soft drink manufacturing and distribution marketing centers. Sales outlets in tourist areas were also inspected.
Health Minister Veena George said that food safety inspections will continue. Shopkeepers selling soft drinks must ensure that the water and ice used to make the drinks are clean. Plastic bottles filled with drinking water and other soft drinks should not be stored in shops exposed to sunlight or carried in open vehicles without being closed.
Soft drinks, bottled water, ice candy and ice cream sold at festivals and fairs must be sold safely. The minister also informed that the shopkeepers should pay more attention in terms of food safety in the cold drink sales centers, bottled water manufacturing distribution sales centers and ice cream manufacturing distribution sales centers in tourism centers.
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In the 815 inspections conducted across the state in the last few days, the operations of seven establishments found to be in serious violation of the law have been suspended. Rectification notices were issued to 54 firms and compounding notices to 37 firms. 328 surveillance samples and 26 statutory samples were collected for follow-up tests. These have been forwarded to the laboratories of the Food Safety Department for expert testing. Further action will be taken based on the test results.
Joint Commissioner Food Security Jacob Thomas, Deputy Commissioners S. Aji, G. Raghunatha Kurup, V.K. Pradeep Kumar led the inspections.
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