Attention food business operators of Srinagar
Rouf Pampori
5 Dariya News
Srinagar , 14 Jan 2016
According to the Assistant Commissioner Food Safety Srinagar, all food business operators of district Srinagar are asked to obtain license/registration from the office of Assistant Commissioner, Food Safety, Bemina otherwise action as per the relevant provisions of food safety and standard act shall be initiated against them.It is also informed that to manufacture, sell, store, distribute or import any food article without license is punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to six months and also with a fine which may extend to five lakhs.Fee structure for grant of registration to food business operators having annual turnover upto 12 lakh is Rs. 100, while as food license for manufacture/miller is Rs. 5000 and Rs. 3000 respectively for production of above one MT and below one MT.For 3 Star and above hotels license fee has been fixed as Rs. 5000 and Rs. 2000 for all food service providers including restaurant/boarding houses, canteens, food vendors like Dhaba Wallas etc.