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Indore's 56 Dukan and Sarafa Chowpaty get 'Clean Street Food Hub' honour
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Saturday, 18 September, 2021, 08 : 00 AM [IST]
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Ranjana Sharma, Mumbai
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The famous eat streets of Indore's 56 Dukan and Sarafa Chowpaty have received the 'Clean Street Food Hub' certification from Food Safety and Standards Authority of India recently. For 56 Dukan, it was the second certification.
With this honour, Indore has joined the league of larger cities like Mumbai and Ahmedabad, which have received multiple FSSAI awards.
Shopkeepers and officials celebrated with sweets and balloons, and customers had a taste of the success too.
The FSSAI certification, valid for two years, is given for adopting best practices like garbage disposal, personal hygiene, demarcation of cooking and non-cooking areas, streetlights, pest control and cleanliness.
What won the two eat streets the awards is a series of good practices using quality raw material in food, giving away used cooking oil to biodiesel firms, separate refrigerators and utensils for veg and non-veg food. Workers are also given medical check-ups.
Chhappan Dukan, one of the most-visited areas in Indore, got its first FSSAI certification in 2019. The certification process of Sarafa Chowpaty, a unique night food street that replaces the city’s traditional bullion market at dusk, had started early in 2020, but was incomplete due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
"The certifications were issued after both food markets passed a third-party audit carried out a few days ago. Shopkeepers at Sarafa and 56 Dukan had been made aware of FSSAI regulations and trained to maintain hygiene", officials said.
As per FSSAI regulations, all workers must maintain personal hygiene, wear gloves and cover their heads. Shops must use RO water, cook and serve in steel utensils, wash utensils in liquid soap (not powder) and properly dispose of leftovers.
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