Street vendors selling food in Bengaluru to be trained by BBMP and FSSAI on cleanliness and food safety

Street vendors in Bengaluru have to undergo a training programme organised by the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) and the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) to promote safe and clean street food. 

According to BBMP officials, street vendors have to undergo mandatory training and receive certification for the same. The initiative will be implemented zone wise. The BBMP said the initiative will be launched once the survey of street vendors is completed in all the zones of Bengaluru.  

Muralidhar K., Deputy Commissioner (Welfare), told The Hindu, “The initiative is being taken up as per the new guidelines of the Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana – National Urban Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NULM) where an FSSAI team will train street vendors on the safe parameters to be followed while preparing food. Those without the FSSAI certification will not be allowed to vend.”