TNT News Kohima: It is informed that all food business operators (FBOs) in
Nagaland have been directed to obtain licenses and register their businesses
under the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006, before February 4th, 2014.
Neiphi Kire, principal director and additional food safety commissioner,
directorate of health and family welfare, Nagaland, said, “Operating a food
business without a license or registration will attract penalty up to Rs 5 lakh
and imprisonment up to six months under Section 63 of the Food Safety and
Standards Act, 2006.”
According to the Act, all FBOs should
be registered with the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) and
obtain licenses. FBOs includes hotels, permanent and temporary stall owners,
hawkers, home-based canteens, dhabawalas, food manufacturers, processors,
re-packers, food stall arrangements in religious gatherings, slaughterhouses,
storage houses, retail and wholesale traders, hostels, packaged drinking water
units and so on. “Non-compliance to this directive would be an offence
punishable under the said Act and rules,” Kire said.
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