The News Freedom
Chandigarh, December 13
To ensure safe and quality food to the people of Punjab as per the vision of Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann, Punjab Health and Family Welfare Minister Dr Balbir Singh on Wednesday flagged off eight “Food Safety on Wheels’ vans from Food and Drugs Administration Kharar. With this total number of such vans reaches 15 in the state.
The Health Minister directed all the FDA officials to utilise these food safety vans to their full potential and create awareness among the masses specifically students, while, asking them to act in a transparent manner and implement all the policies of the department in true letter and spirit. He also emphasised that only “Shudh Ann” would lead to “Shudh Mann and Swasth Tann”.
He reiterated that food adulteration will not be tolerated at any cost and strict action will be initiated against anyone found indulged in such activities.
The Health Minister instructed the Food safety officers to utilise these vans in food testing of mid-day meals in state’s schools and advised them to carry out their duties in a diligent manner as any dereliction in their duties certainly affects a large population.
Dr Balbir Singh informed that anyone can get his food product tested through these vans at a nominal cost of Rs 50 and seventy types of tests are currently available. He has instructed to upgrade the testing facility to include microbial testing of food to rule out bacterial infection in the food.