The office, which is responsible for ensuring the quality of food items in the country, said that participation of locals would be effective in regulating foods items sold at hotels and restaurants along the highways.[break]
Officials at the DFTQC said that locals, representatives of hotels and restaurants, VDC employees and government representatives will get the training from the department. "We are planning to start the training from next week," Jeevan Prava Lama, director general at DFTQC, said.
She said that the office will impart knowledge about the personal hygiene, kitchen cleanness, ethics about what to sell and what not to sell, risk of stale foods and about the legal provisions against unethical practices.
The DFTQC said that several committees comprising representatives from among locals, employees at hotels and district administration would be formed to monitor foods at hotels and restaurants.
Pramod Koirala, spokesperson at DFTQC, said that the office is also planning to provide stickers to the hotels and restaurants. "We have prepared four types of stickers for hotels and restaurants," said Koirala, adding, "It will be given as per their quality."
He said that the green sticker would be given to hotels and restaurants that have good hygiene practices. The yellow sticker indicates moderate quality. Another yellow color would mean that something is problematic. The office said that the red sticker would indicate great risk and that such hotels should not operate.
"As green sticker indicates good quality, which would boost their business, the owners of hostels and restaurants will try to get such stickers," said Koirala.
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