Nagpur: Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has urged eight city hotels – where oil consumption can be eaten more than 50 liters per day – to hand over their used excess oils to recycle bio-diesel to companies designed with food security and authority Indian standard (FSSAI).
The FDA source said the hotels had been asked to ensure the excess of their used oil was sent to be recycled through the Mumbai company.
The size was done as part of the ‘Eat Right’ campaign which began last year which aims to enforce the quality of food quality and food sold on food beds, outlets, restaurants and hotels.
Assistant Commissioner FDA Abhay Deshpande said his team visited around 85 restaurants and hotels to carry out the on-the-spot fried oil test with a total of polar material (TPM) meter count.
“Exercise to check cooking oil with TPM Meter is to ensure that they are not reused as far as being dangerous for health,” he said.
“Although there are no violations (TPM counts of more than 25) found, hotels and restaurants are advised to follow fair practices by removing excessive oil,” Deshpande added.
As part of the right eating campaign, the FDA has examined 1,131 premises related to the food business in the city in recent months.
“About 881 samples were collected from 1,131 food companies and were sent for testing in the government laboratory.
The result was awaited.
The action will begin with a violation degree,” Deshpande said, who worked under the supervision of the Commissioner with Fda Suresh Annapure.
As part of the campaign, the FDA has also conducted an online training from 511 Angganwadi Sevikas (officers) who prepared food for children.
The FDA has also collected 73 edible oil samples available on the market and sent it for testing.
About 18,386kg loose oil worth RS27.16,673, confiscated during last year’s action.
“One of the samples collected has been found as a sub-standard by government analysts, which will now be decided,” Dishpande said.
The FDA has pre-audit cleanliness and cleanliness at food, canteen and cafeteria outlets around 14 campuses, including hospitals, last year.
Food security and certification training (Fostac), which is part of FSSAI, has been given to the chefs, canteen supervisors, and managers of the 14 buildings, said an FDA official.