Quality of prasadam, food under scanner at Durga, other temples in AP
Deccan ChronicleVijayawada: With a huge turnout of devotees for darshan at the Durga temple and other shrines to mark Dasara festival, the food safety department is keeping a close vigil to ensure quality to the ‘prasadams’ and other food that are on offer. Already, AP has introduced a ‘Blissful Hygienic Offering to God’ certification by the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India to ensure supply of quality prasadam in 11 select temples in the state, in the first phase; and this will be extended to other temples in phase-II. The NTR district collector Dilli Rao advised the food safety department to keep check on supply of quality prasadam and food items to the devotees including VIPs visiting the Durga and other temples. NTR district assistant food safety controller Poornachandra Rao said, “We are checking the food items at the Durga temple and 11 other major temples in the state to ensure no devotee suffers any health issue in relation to use of prasadam and food especially during the Dasara festivities.”
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