Delhi food safety department to ensure food quality in Hospitals

Delhi food safety department to ensure food quality in Hospitals. This came into the limelight after the action was taken after the department received complaints from Kalkaji temple of reusing the prasad.

With the ongoing pandemic, health and food, hygiene has become the topmost priority. Whereas Delhi's food safety department is working to get large kitchens in hospitals, temples, and Tihar jail. The department looks at the quality of food, conditions in which it is prepared, utensils used and water used before conducting an independent audit and a certificate from the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India( FSSAI).

According to the statement, Ranjeet Singh, the nodal officer said "Since people are thronging the hospitals, the department wanted to ensure that all food available to patients as well as their relatives was hygienically prepared. The department has also planned to certify 11 big hospitals and temples, one from each district by the end of the Month.

This came into the limelight after the action was taken after the department received complaints from Kalkaji temple of reusing the prasad." We received complaints that beggars outside the temple were collecting the boondi from those visiting the temple were collecting the boondi from those visiting the temples and reselling it to the vendors. after which the department decided to certify temples serving food to large numbers of people. Akshardham, Shri Sai Mandir, Najafgarh have been certified. Meanwhile, the department will conduct a similar inspection and certify Tihar jail.

The food safety officers will look into kitchens, pantries, and food serving areas. They will also peep into the storage department whether the food is being stored properly or not, veg and non-veg dishes are cooked separately if RO purified water is used for cooking will be checked by the department.