HETAUDA, JULY 30

Food Technology and Quality Control Office, Hetauda, has filed a case against eight industries that found producing low quality food items in the fiscal 2021-22.

The industries were dragged to the respective district court or district administration office. Out ofthe seven cases last year and the previous year, four cases are still to be decided. A total of 11 cases were filed in the past two years, according to annual report published by the office.

Last year, the office received six complaints from consumers, in which cases have been filed based on two of the complaints while instructions were issued in two other cases.

The report mentions that the office is working with stakeholders for effective implementation of the existing food laws and regulations aimed at protecting the health of consumers. During the year, the office carried out monitoring of 60 markets, 210 industries and 41 hotels and restaurants and eateries. Last year, the office issued 29 food and feed production licenses, and renewed 104 while 78 recommendations were made for the establishment of industries, the office said.

According to the information officer of the office Pragati Adhikari, out of 2,120 food samples analysed by the office in the last fiscal, 96 samples were found to be sub-standard.

A version of this article appears in the print on July 31, 2022, of The Himalayan Times.