Port Blair, Feb 5: The officials of Food Safety Department conducted surprise inspection of food business premises located at Shaheed Dweep.  They inspected 26 restaurants, 20 mobile food vendors, 25 fruit & vegetable vendors, 08 sweet stalls, 10 grocery shops, 01 bake house and 01 milk chilling centre. Major and minor violations were noticed at 03 premises and accordingly, a case has been registered against FBOs and others were served with improvement notices with directions to rectify the defects within a fortnight.

An awareness programme on safe and hygienic food was also organized at Laxmanpur, Shaheed Dweep sunset point for the beach itinerant vendors/hawkers. 14 nos. of vendors participated in the programme. A similar programme was also organized at Neil Kendra vegetable market, in which around 25 nos. of fruit and vegetable vendors attended the programme.

The Commissioner of Food Safety, A&N Islands/Dy.Commissioner, South Andaman has directed all the FBOs to maintain highest level of sanitary and hygienic conditions in their respective premises. The general public may lodge any complaints or grievance on toll free No. 1077 or 03192236168.