Chennai: In a press release issued by Chennai District Collector S. Malathi Helen, it was stated: All food business operators who prepare sweets and savory items must обязательно obtain the appropriate license or registration certificate.
Those who have set up temporary snack stalls, marriage halls, and those who prepare snacks in homes on order must also register with the Food Safety Department before beginning sales.
Legal action will be taken in case of violations. Furthermore, the sweet boxes and packets sold must have details printed on them, including the date the snack was prepared, expiry period, food safety department registration number, and the vegetarian/non-vegetarian symbol.
They should be sold only in a hygienic environment free from contamination. Only permitted artificial colors should be used in the snacks.
In caramels, the addition of 7 types of synthetic colors such as Carmoisine, Erythrosine, Fast Green, Metanil Yellow, Orange RN, Rhodamine B, and Tartrazine is not permitted; and in sweets, the colors Orange RN, Metanil Yellow, and Rhodamine B are also not allowed.
Milk sweets have a shelf life of only 3 to 5 days. They should not be packed together and sold in gift boxes with other sweets that keep for a long time without spoiling.
For complaints, the public can register their grievances through the WhatsApp number 94440 42322, the website foodsafety.tn.gov.in, or the Food Safety Consumer App. This is what it said.