Mobile food safety checks on the anvil

January 24, 2018 11:28 pm | Updated 11:28 pm IST - HYDERABAD

Food safety checks can now be performed on the go in the State, thanks to an equipped-vehicle Telangana has been provided by the Food Safety Standards of India. The vehicle, a van with equipment to test food for consumption, arrived at the Institute of Preventive Medicine here on Tuesday. It will tour the State and also be part of campaigns to raise awareness about food safety. “The van will go around the State once a week. It will have a food inspector and a technician. It will supplement the existing testing facility in the city,” IPM Director K. Shankar said.

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