Leh: The administration of Ladakh has warned all hotels, guest house, home stays to obtain the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) licence or face strict action.
As per the circular, the Ladakh administration has found most of the Food Services Operators including Hotels, Guest Houses, Home Stays, Camps are operating their business without FSSAI license or registration which is an offence under Section 63 of Food Safety Standards.
“If any person or food business operator (except the persons) exempted from licensing under sub-section (2) of section 31 of this Act), himself or by any person on his behalf who is required to obtain a license, manufacturers, sells, stores or distributes or imports any article of food without a license, shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to six months and also with a fine which may extend to five lakh rupees,” reads the circular issued by principal secretary Pawan Kotwal
The circular further reads the businesses falling under the above food, category is directed to apply for a fssai license as soon as possible otherwise violators will be dealt with strict action by the department.
