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Mapusa street food vendors being trained on hygiene
THE GOAN NETWORK
MAPUSA
Around 110 street food vendors are being trained on maintaining cleanliness and personal hygiene in Mapusa.
The training programme, organized by the Department of Food and Drugs Administration (FDA) in league with Mapusa Municipal Council (MMC), is being conducted in batches.
The first training session was organized on Monday and Tuesday at old municipal hall and the last batch will be trained on December 1.
The vendors patiently sat for the session of more than two hours listening to the speakers. Besides talks, the vendors were also shown some visual slides during the programme.
“It was a sanitisation programme recommended by FDA for all the street vendors that deal with eatable items like, vada pau, pan patti, bel puri, etc,” said MMC Chairperson Sandip Falari.
He said at the end of programme, each vendor was given a personal kit containing T-shirt, cap, apron, gloves, literature, etc. Besides each of the vendors were given a cheque for Rs 300 as stipend.
Those who underwent the training were also provided a certificate, the chairperson informed.
“We need hygienic surrounding. Cleanliness is important, besides the hygiene of the people who serve is also important,” Falari emphasised.
Arvind Shukla representing a private organization conducted the training at which Nelson Fernandes of the FDA was present.
The certificates were distributed by Mapusa Market Committee chairman, Franky Carvalho and councillors, Sushant Harmalkar, Dipti Lanjekar and Kavita Arlekar.
