Himachal Pradesh mandates food vendors, eateries to display owners' names

Himachal Pradesh's order comes on the lines of a similar diktat issued by the Uttar Pradesh government under which operators, proprietors, and managers must clearly display their names and addresses at all food and drink establishments.

In Short

• Seven-member committee formed to implement order
• Laws for hawkers, identity cards to be introduced
• Himachal order comes in wake of Tirupati laddu row

The Congress-led Himachal Pradesh government has mandated food vendors and eateries across the hill state to display the owners' names and addresses for the convenience of customers. A decision to implement this order was taken during a meeting of the state's Urban Development and Municipal Corporation on Tuesday.

Himachal Pradesh's order comes on the lines of a similar diktat issued by the Uttar Pradesh government under which operators, proprietors, and managers must clearly display their names and addresses at all food and drink establishments.

The hill state's Assembly Speaker Kuldeep Singh Pathania has formed a seven-member committee, including Ministers Vikramaditya Singh and Anirudh Singh, to implement the order.

During the meeting on Tuesday, Vikramaditya Singh said that laws will also be introduced for hawkers, including the issuance of identity cards.

The food regulation orders by both the Himachal and Uttar Pradesh governments come in the wake of the Tirupati laddu row.

A lab report confirmed that the laddus offered to devotees as prasad at the famous Tirupati temple in Andhra Pradesh contain animal fats and fish oil.

Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu had accused the previous YSR Congress government of using animal fat and substandard ingredients in making the Tirupati laddu.

(With inputs by Vikas Sharma)