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MMRDA canteen reopens after operator secures FSSAI food licence

MMRDA canteen reopens after operator secures FSSAI food licence
MMRDA canteen in Mumbai allowed to reopen after operator gets food safety licence · indianexpress.com

There is a cafeteria inside a government office building in Mumbai called MMRDA.

Businesses that serve food must have a special permission called a food safety licence.

Earlier this week, health inspectors found that the canteen did not have this licence.

So they told the canteen to close and made the person in charge pay a fine.

The person in charge said he had already asked for the licence at the end of July.

The inspectors checked his application, but it still needed some changes.

After the licence was finally approved, officials allowed the canteen to open again.

Now the canteen can serve meals to people in the building while following the rules.

Food safety rules help make sure the food we eat is clean and safe.

Key facts

Canteen location
MMRDA headquarters, Bandra Kurla Complex (BKC), Mumbai
Enforcing body
Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Maharashtra
Licensing authority
Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI)
Fine imposed
Rs 1 lakh
Operations suspended
Monday, after inspection
Reopening permitted
Thursday night
Licence application date
July 22
Application status at inspection
Pending modifications

Quotes

FDA official

A representative of the Maharashtra Food and Drug Administration

“"I checked the documents and found that he had applied for registration on July 22. I had already scrutinised the application and reverted. On the day of the inspection, the application was pending with him for modifications,"”
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