Jharkhandis denizens will finally get the opportunity online for Food licence Registration. The much awaited facility was launched by Chief Minister Raghubar Das on Monday along with the inauguration of month long campaign on Mother, Child, Health and Nutrition.
“Every State has to seek the permission of higher authority to utilize the online registration for Food license in Food Safety Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) website. Till date, people from food business class keen to get the license had to apply on offline mode. Now, they can get it done in online mode with the guidance of Food Safety Officer,” said Food Control Director Praveen Chandra.
“Interested candidate should have a mail id. The documents for registration will be processed by Food Safety Officer owning an identity number and password in the FSSAI website. The beneficiary will get a confirmation of his or her license registration in the mail id once the entire process completes,” Chandra added. In order make the registration process convenient, the Government is mulling to establish Pragya Kendra as the service provider.
The licence is mandatory for Vendors, Hawkers or people hailing from Small or Cottage Industries with an annual turnover of Rs 12 lakh or above.
According to the guidelines of Food Security and Standard Amendment 2006, it is necessary to posses Food Registration licence for starting or running a business.
Besides, unveiling the online food registration system, the CM inaugurated the one month Jharkhand Mother, Child Health and Nutrition Campaign wherein he said Poshan Sakhis (Nutrition Women Employees) are being recruited to eradicate malnutrition. These ladies would prepare the health card of pregnant women, children and adolescent girls by conducting door-to-door survey. Moreover, CM expected that all health workers, anganwadi workers and panchayat representatives will actively participate in the campaign by spreading awareness among people.
Health Minister Ramchandra Chandravanshi informed the left out children aged between nine months to five years will receive Vitamin A doses in anganwadis by Auxiliary Mid Wives. Also, he said children between the age group of one year to five years will get de-worming doses.
Sources maintained the programme was on halt for over three years due to unavailability of Vitamin A medicines.
“The malnourished children will also be identified from Mid-Upper Arm Circumference (MUAC) Tape in the Anganwadi centres. Moreover, lactating and Pregnant Women will be distributed Iron Folic tablets on Door-to-Door basis. ANMs would cover the health status of w0omen and children registered in the anganwadis,” said an officer of Health Department.