A Division Bench of the Kerala High Court on Thursday
held that the catering service providers need to obtain licence or
permission from the authorities concerned under the Food Safety and
Standard Act.
The Bench comprising Chief Justice
Manjula Chellur and Justice A.M. Shaffique made the observation while
hearing a petition seeking a directive to make the Act applicable to the
caterers as well.
Petitioner Saiju of Kalady said
most of the caterers in the State were doing business without valid
licences and the court should prohibit the functioning of such caterers. Food
Safety Commissioner Biju Prabhakar informed the court that necessary
steps had already been taken to insist for licences as per the Food
Safety and Standards Act, 2006. The State also submitted that a circular
was issued asking all the hotels and restaurants to take licence by the
end of February 2014 for conducting business. The court asked the State
government to issue a similar circular in respect of caterers.
The
petitioner contended that though the caterers came within the ambit of
the Act, the authorities had not taken any steps to legalise the
functioning of caterers.
Source:http://www.thehindu.com
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