Authorities to help eateries improve hygiene

Keeping the 2010 Commonwealth Games in mind, the Food Safety and Standards Authority (FSSA) has decided to identify nearly 1,000 eateries in Delhi who would be assisted to improve their levels of hygiene and certify them using a particular logo.

Standards of safety and hygiene would be developed and training undertaken through professional agencies, the authority decided at a meeting held on September 30. Nearly 1,000 small and medium eating establishments in different parts of Delhi would be assisted to improve their levels of hygiene and safety to specified criteria, an official of the FSSA said.

The identified and successful establishments would then be audited and certified to be of the required standards. They would also be given a suitable symbol and monitored periodically.

"It is proposed to bring out a directory of safe eating establishments to be distributed among visitors to Delhi," an official said.

The directive is in line with the Government's policy of providing safe and healthy living and eating establishments to participants of the Commonwealth Games.
The Delhi Government has also come out with a bread and breakfast scheme for visitors during the Commonwealth Games.