Department of Food Technology and Quality Control Issues Licenses for 188 New Industries in Six Months

Kathmandu. The Department of Food Technology and Quality Control (DFTQC) has issued permits for the establishment of 188 new industries in the first six months of the current fiscal year. According to the work progress report for the second quarter and half-yearly period of the fiscal year 2082/83 made public by the department on Thursday, these licenses were issued by the department and its eight provincial offices.

During this period, the department recommended 435 new industries for opening. Department spokesperson Dr. Balkumari Sharma informed that 1,218 industries were renewed in six months. According to her, in the second quarter alone, 333 industry licenses were renewed, 421 new industries were recommended for establishment, and 942 industries were issued licenses, renewed, or recommended.

The department conducted approximately 6,000 market inspections in six months. She informed that inspections were carried out 5,906 times across food and feed industries, hotels-restaurants, highway hotels, local markets, school-campus canteens, dairy, and oil industries, among others. According to her, 3,038 inspections were conducted in the second quarter alone.