Butcher urged to register with FSSAI

Staff Reporter

Shillong, Sept 15: The Meghalaya Poultry Association (MPA) urged all poultry butchers from the Khasi-Jaintia region to come out on September 19 to register themselves with the Food Safety and Standard Authority of India (FSSAI).

The FSSAI is giving one last opportunity to all poultry butchers from the Khasi-Jaintia region to get registered on September 19 in order to obtain a license for selling poultry products.

Speaking to media persons, MPA president Wanshai Kharshandi said that the objective of registration is to get a license and also to get awareness on how to safely butcher Poultry and sell it to the public according to the norms of FSSAI.

Kharshandi said that those butchers from the Khasi-Jaintia region who will come and take part in the registration drive need to carry a Voter ID, 2 passport size, documents which include no objection certificate (NOC) from the localities and from the Municipal if their shops are located under the jurisdiction of the Municipal area.

“On September 19, the FSSAI will also give an awareness program to the butchers from all over the Khasi-Jaintia region on how to safely and hygienically butcher a chicken before selling to the public according to the norms of the FSSAI” said Kharshandi.

Bike thieves nabbed

Correspondent

Nongpoh, April 6: Jorabat police under the aegis of outpost in-charge Kapil Pathak arrested three bike thieves yesterday.

The Jorabat police outpost in charge said that three thieves were arrested in the bike theft case.

The arrested bike thieves have been identified as Sonrag Sangma, Jameson Marak and Mukesh Sangma.

Police have recovered two Pulsar bikes (AS-14H-6452 and AS-02AF-0667) from the arrested bike thieves. Both the bikes recovered by the police were stolen by thieves from the Byrnihat area.

Police are intensively interrogating the three bike thieves arrested and an FIR has been registered in this regard.