The Department of Food Technology and Quality Control has found several issues and irregularities during their surprise inspection of IFCH Kitchen and Krishna Pauroti in Kathmandu.
The Department of Food Technology and Quality Control (DFTQC) recently conducted market monitoring in Kathmandu. During this, they inspected two food businesses and found many issues. The monitoring was done at IFCH Kitchen Private Limited in Panipokhari and Krishna Pauroti and Confectionery in Kamalpokhari.
Hygiene and Expired Items at IFCH Kitchen
At IFCH Kitchen in Panipokhari, the hygiene of kitchen and waste management was not satisfactory. Also, the pest control system was not effective. But, the TPM level of oil used for frying donuts was 11.5 percent, which is inside the allowed standard limit.
During the inspection, team found five 100-gram cans of artificial food color, two expired 200-gram packets of soy chunks, and 11 pieces of croissants without any label details. Officials destroyed all these items. The department said they had received a complaint about moldy donuts being sold, but they did not found any moldy donuts during inspection.
The department have directed IFCH Kitchen to improve these issues and present themselves at the department within seven days.
Licensing and Sealing Issues at Krishna Pauroti
Meanwhile, Krishna Pauroti and Confectionery in Kamalpokhari was inspected while construction work was going on there. The shop was selling bakery items without sealing them properly and was also using artificial food color in cooking items.
The business only had food license for three products. The department ordered them to separate construction time and production time, stop making products that do not have license, and immediately apply for license for additional products.
They were also told to sell bakery items only after sealing them and to stop using artificial color in cooking. The emergency inspection was done on 2083/05/03 after receiving a complaint. A total of two food businesses were covered during this monitoring.
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