Tamil Nadu: Food safety licenses required for hotels for both government and private hotels across Tamil Nadu.

Why Food safety licenses required for hotels?

Tamil Nadu: Food safety licenses have been made mandatory for both government and private hotels across Tamil Nadu. Similarly, it has been advised that cooks must undergo medical examinations every three months and maintain proof of the same. Food safety department officials have warned that appropriate action will be taken against hotels that do not comply with these rules. They also stated that this action has been taken due to increasing complaints regarding the quality of food served in hotels.

Tamil Nadu has over a thousand schools, colleges, and commercial hostels. Most of them have cooking facilities. Food safety officials conduct periodic inspections to ensure the cleanliness and quality of the food served there. It has been found that more than 50 percent of hotels do not have a food safety license. Furthermore, over 10% of complaints regarding food quality across Tamil Nadu last month were from such hotels.

Notably, recently, over 100 students who ate at a hostel in a private educational institution in Kumarapalayam, Namakkal district, vomited and fainted. Similarly, a college hostel restaurant in Coimbatore was operating illegally. While appropriate action has been taken in these incidents, food safety officials say it’s essential to regulate all hostels. They stated: Cooks must maintain hygiene. They must wear gloves and hats. They should not keep their nails and hair long. Furthermore, they must undergo a medical examination every three months to check for hepatitis and other infections.

Regulations for food safety licenses required for hotels

Similarly, the relevant hotels are required to have a food safety license. In many places, these regulations are not followed, leading to poor food quality and accidents. He said that hotels which do not have license or medical certificate will be fined and legal action will be taken against them as Food safety licenses required for hotels.

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