As per meeting, Calendar 2022, the Department of Food Safety (DFCO), led by Prithpal Singh, Food Safety Officer Kishtwar, along with his team held an interactive workshop with Bakers Association of Kishtwar here at District Headquarter.
The initiative was carried out on the directions of Commissionerate, FDA J&K in cooperation with District Administration Kishtwar for the interest of Consumer's Safety and public awareness in general.During the sessions of the workshop deliberations were imparted to the Food Business Operators under FSSA, besides Rules and Regulations and more importantly the agendas were discussed at length including timely Renewal of the licences/Registrations (Online).
All the Cake and Baker unit owners were emphasized to submit Annual returns well in time and the manufacturers were apprised to get their documents mandatory for Modifications in Food Categories.Besides, all the Business Operators were advised to get Bi-Annual water test reports and product test reports regularly done which is most significant for making the industry safe and qualitative and for those manufacturers who are excelling at par shall maintain inhouse labs for testing Oil, Water,ilk used in Baking products.
Taking the sessions ahead to the Consumers Safety all the Food Business Operators were directed to upload the Renewal of Risk Based Certifications.