On September 25, 2024, the Himachal Pradesh government issued a directive making it mandatory for street vendors to display their identity. Speaking to the press in Shimla, Himachal Pradesh minister Vikramaditya Singh highlighted recent concerns of people about the hygiene levels of street food and related issues. Vikramaditya Singh told ANI, “To ensure that hygienic food is sold, a decision has been taken for all street vendors…especially those selling food items…People expressed their concerns and doubts, and in view of this, we have decided to implement a policy similar to the one implemented in UP, making it mandatory that vendors have to display their name and identity card…Every shopkeeper and street vendor will have to display their identity…”
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He said that identity cards will be generated and issued through the Street Vending Committee and they will contain the registration number and key details of the vendors. Vikramaditya Singh laid special emphasis on the implementation of this order for food stalls/establishments.
#Watch | Shimla: Himachal Pradesh minister Vikramaditya Singh said, “We held a meeting with the Urban Development Department and Municipal Corporation. To ensure that hygienic food is sold, a decision has been taken for all street vendors… especially for those selling food items…… pic.twitter.com/7wi5bhapr8
— ANI (@ANI) September 25, 2024
Earlier, he had posted on Facebook that this directive was issued in a joint meeting with Public Works Urban Development and Municipal Corporation. He had written, “In Himachal Pradesh, every restaurant and fast food stall will have to show the owner’s identity card, so that people do not face any kind of problem.”
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday made it mandatory to display the names and addresses of operators, owners and managers of food centres in the state. He also directed that chefs and waiters wear masks and gloves, besides making it mandatory for hotels and restaurants to install CCTV cameras, PTI reported. These actions were announced in the wake of several worrying incidents regarding lack of food safety and hygiene in recent times that have made headlines across the country. The chief minister particularly highlighted cases of food adulteration with “human waste and dirty things”.
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