INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
VIJAYAWADA: To check sale of stale and adulterated of food and its impact on health of people, food safety and municipal corporation
authorities carried out raids against street food vendors in several parts of the state on Friday from morning till late in the night.The
Deputy Chief Minister in-charge of health Alla Kali Krishna Srinivas directed food safety and municipal authorities to conduct surprise
Eluru Municipal Corporation, carried out raids, focusing on mobile street food vendors, including those who sell tiffins, fast food, curries
and the locally popular chicken pakora.Officials destroyed tonnes of stale and adulterated food
50 vehicles have been seized and a fine of Rs
500 slapped against each vendor
Subsequently, all vehicles were released with a warning to vendors not to resume sale of state or adulterated food.Food safety authorities
also inspected three hotels and collected samples of chicken biryani, chicken fry and vegetable curry and sent them for analysis to the
We have also collected samples of food following suspicions that they are using banned food colours and mono sodium glutamate
during the raids are that streets vendors sell food by encroaching upon drains and other public places
They prepare and sell food items in unhygienic conditions
of this illness, people are continuing to visit street food vendors with no concern for their health
