Food Safety officials during an inspection of a bakery unit
in Kohima.
DIMAPUR — The Food Safety Administration
(FSA), Kohima Zone, has served ‘Improvement Notice’ under Section 32 of Food
Safety and Standards Act, 2006, to three restaurants and a bakery in Kohima
town.
In a press release, the FSA Kohima Zone informed that Food
Safety officials recently inspected hotels, restaurants, tea stalls and
bakeries within Kohima town.
“In the course of inspection, three restaurants namely Jat
Restaurant, CT Restaurant, UP Tea Stall and one bakery namely Bright Bakery
were found to be in unhygienic conditions.
“The bakery was also found using advance date on
cookies/biscuits and it was seized by the officials,” the release stated.
In this regard, the three restaurants and bakery were served
Improvement Notice under Section 32 of Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006.
The food safety officials will be re-inspecting the premises
again and if the food business operators don’t comply with the directives,
their food licence/registration certificate will be suspended, it stated.
Further, with the coming festive season, the bakeries have
been informed to use transparent wrapping materials of good grade, especially
for cakes so that the product can be seen by the consumers.
