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- Review of Food Safety Training & Certification (FOSTAC) eligibility criteria: The qualification criteria for Food safety supervisor under FOSTAC (advance catering) for the hotels and restaurants employees to be relaxed from Graduation. The eligibility should be based mainly on experience of working employees and not on educational qualification.
Therefore, keeping in view small and budget hotels and working staff, FSSAI has been requested to give relaxation in the educational qualification. - Review and change of Packaging & Labeling Regulation 2011: The Food Business operator should not be held responsible for violation of Regulation No.2.2.2.10 of Food Safety & Standards (Packaging & Labeling) Regulation 2011. The FBO / Hotel / Restaurant should not be harassed / penalised for misbranding, packaging and labelling of packed sample procured from FSSAI accredited vendors with a proper valid bill of the product procurement. The offences mentioned in chapter 9 of the Act (clause 52 / 53) should be amended accordingly.
- Condition of enclosure of HRACC certificate to be changed on FSSAI website: The mandatory condition for Hotels to enclose Classification Certificate by (HRACC), Ministry of Tourism Govt of India has been mentioned in the list of documents required for FSSAI State / Central license which needs to be changed and amended in line with the Advisory dated February 7, 2019 as the Classification Certification is a voluntary scheme of Ministry of Tourism, Govt of India.
- Issuance of Govt Order for Perpetual FSSAI licensing
According to the policy, the SDMC will allow open-air dining at restaurants under its jurisdiction with certain riders. The policy says that open-air dining will be allowed only at those restaurants where open areas or terraces are privately owned, which means that there should be no encroachments on public land or footpaths. The open space should not have a direct opening to the main road.
The open-air dining policy does not allow cooking of food or barbecue in the open space. "Open spaces/terrace abutting licensed eating houses only will be allowed to be used as a service area. The food should be cooked in closed kitchens and only serving of food would be allowed open air.
To avail of the benefit of the policy, traders will have to pay a licence fee to the civic body. The detailed policy can be downloaded from http://hrani.net.in/pdf/policy_for_use_of_open_space.pdf
In this period of crisis, HRANI is thankful to the Mayor and Commissioner South Delhi Municipal Corporation for the releasing and notifying the said policy as it would also lower the risk of the virus spreading, when compared to closed rooms with air-conditioning said Mr. Surendra Kumar Jaiswal, President, HRANI.
He further added that we have also requested the EDMC and NDMC to implement the same in their respective zones so that the hospitality units located in other zones can also be benefitted and we hope positive results very soon
| The Union Minister of State for Culture and Tourism (IC), Sh. Prahlad Singh Patel in a virtual meeting with tourism ministers and officials of 21 states and UTs discussed facilitating ease of travel between states and UT's for promoting domestic tourism. This meeting was in continuation of the meeting held on 15th October 2020 attended by State Tourism Ministers / Officials from 15 States / UTs. Secretary, Ministry of Tourism, Shri Yogendra Tripathi, DG, Tourism, Ms. Meenakshi Sharma and other senior officials of the Tourism Ministry also attended the meeting. The agenda of the meeting also included incentives being offered by States/UTs, working on a system for assessment, awareness and training for the hospitality industry(SAATHI) for the adherence of safety norms. Speaking on the occasion, Union Tourism Minister said that the tourism sector is amongst the worst hit sectors during COVID-19 pandemic but with mutual support we are continuously talking to its stakeholders and have taken some initiatives for revival of the tourism sector and hoped that the tourism sector will pick up pace again soon. Read more... |
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A representation on the same has been sent to the Principal Secretary to Prime Minister, Finance Minister; Minister of State for Finance; Governor, RBI and Secretary, Finance.
Following the vision of the Hon'ble Prime Minister who has always been a strong proponent of digital payment and has time and again endorsed digital and cashless economy, the association has made this appeal.
"The vision of Government and industry should be to provide all the necessary elements that will propel the sector towards heightened growth in the years to come" says Surendra Kumar Jaiswal, President, HRANI and Vice President, FHRAI.
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| Hotel and Restaurant Association of Northern India (HRANI) is the northern wing of the Federation of Hotel & Restaurant Associations of India (FHRAI) - an apex body of the hospitality sector. HRANI, founded in 1950 by Legend Rai Bahadur M.S. Oberoi, represents hotels, restaurants, tourism industry & travel trade of all nine states of Northern India i.e. Delhi, Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Jammu & Kashmir, Uttarakhand, Haryana, Chandigarh and Uttar Pradesh. It was conceived with an idea to give Hoteliers and Restaurateurs in Northern India a common forum for interaction. With an active membership base from the hospitality industry and allied sectors, HRANI is assisting its members to create a conducive environment to tap the vast potential of hospitality industry in Northern India. |
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