Cases filed against 38 industries for selling substandard food items

Kathmandu: The Food Technology and Quality Control Division Office has filed cases against 38 industries in connection with the regulation of food hygiene and quality.

Cases filed against 38 industries for selling substandard food items. According to office chief, Jyoti Acharya, 38 industries were found producing substandard products while carrying out sample tests collected after monitoring 77 industries.

As per the Food Act 2023 BS, any business producing and selling contaminated and substandard food items will be jailed for five years or penalized Rs 50,000 in cash or both.

According to the Food Hygiene and Quality Act, 2081 BS, which will come into effect from coming August 3, anyone producing and selling contaminated food items will be punished with five-year imprisonment or a fine of Rs. 500,000 or both. The office had addressed 21 complaints in the last fiscal year.

The office has been requesting people not to keep food in ink newspapers, not to use synthetic color in food products, including meat, and not to use banned calcium and carbohydrates to ripen fruits.

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