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BMC Headquarters Canteen to Display Food Ingredients and Nutrition
Mumbai’s civic corporation plans to show people what is in the food at its headquarters canteen.
Posters will list the ingredients and nutritional values.
Officials say this pilot is expected to start this month.
The corporation hopes to use the idea at more canteens later.
These include canteens at 26 ward offices and civic-run hospitals.
The headquarters canteen serves staff and many other visitors.
It was closed in July after a food-safety inspection found violations.
It reopened in August after a new inspection found improvement.
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation will display ingredients and nutritional values for food served at its headquarters canteen.
The initiative is a pilot planned to launch this month, according to officials.
The BMC plans to extend the displays to canteens at 26 ward offices and civic-run hospitals.
The headquarters canteen was shut on July 23 after the FDA suspended its operator’s licence over food-safety violations.
It reopened in August after a re-inspection found improvement and rated the premises 94% compliant.
- Who
- The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) and visitors to its headquarters canteen.
- What
- The BMC plans to post food ingredients and nutritional values at the canteen as a pilot.
- Where
- The BMC headquarters canteen in Fort, Mumbai.
- When
- The pilot is planned for this month; the canteen was shut on July 23 and reopened in August.
- Why
- The initiative is intended to encourage healthy eating.
Key facts
- Pilot site
- BMC headquarters canteen, on the first floor of the headquarters annex building in Fort.
- Information to be displayed
- Ingredients and nutritional values of food served.
- Planned launch
- This month, according to officials; the article does not specify a calendar month.
- Possible expansion
- Canteens at 26 ward offices and civic-run hospitals.
- Closure
- The canteen was shut on July 23 after the FDA suspended the operator’s licence.
- Reopening
- It reopened in August after an FDA re-inspection.
- Re-inspection result
- The premises were rated 94% compliant.
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