Thiruvananthapuram: After garbage, the Left-led Thiruvananthapuram Corporation and the UDF are now sparring over stale hotel food. Mayor K Chandrika on Thursday said that the State Government alone was responsible for food getting ‘poisoned in the kitchens of the eateries in the State.’
Her statement came after the UDF councillors staged a sit-in in front of the Corporation office on Thursday morning. The councillors demanding her resignation should instead urge the State Government to perform its duties, Chandrika said, terming the sit-in a political gimmick.
Chandrika said that the death of Sachin Mathew Roy due to food poisoning raises serious questions about control over eateries. The Food Safety and Standard Act which came into effect on August 5, 2011, has ‘usurped’ the powers of the local bodies vis a vis food safety, she said.
A circular issued by the Food Safety Commissioner last year also makes it clear that the Prevention of Food Adulteration Act 1954 and the Kerala Prevention of Food Adulteration Rules 2007 stand repealed with the introduction of the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006, and Rules, 2011, from August 5, 2011. Local bodies, including the Corporation, were also asked not to collect PFA licence fee from that date, the Mayor said.
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