Kathmandu. Sweet traders in and around Nepalgunj have been asked to sell them by labeling.

The entrepreneurs have also been requested to disclose the name, main mixture, type of oil, ghee, date of consumption and price list of sweets and hoteliers related to food hygiene and quality.

Assistant Chief District Officer of Banke, Amar Bahadur Oli, urged the traders not to store the expired goods and warned of action if found inadequate. He said that there would be no compromise on the management of waste and drinking water in sweet shops and everyone should follow the department’s directives.

Suman Dhital, chief of the Food Technology and Quality Control Office, Banke, said that the district has set a deadline for the sweet traders to apply the label within coming Monday.

He said, “I am confident that the sweet traders here will get fame like Rabri of Nepalgunj.” Chief Dhital informed that the labeling has started from The Cake and Bakery of Nepalgunj.

Rupa Ojha, vice-president of Nepalgunj Chamber of Commerce and Industry, said that although there are skilled and experienced sweets entrepreneurs in Nepalgunj, it is traditional. In the interaction, Food Research Officer of Food Technology and Quality Control Office, Nepalgunj, Ramhari Lamichhane, informed the sweet entrepreneurs about food hygiene and the legal situation.

Food Research Officer Netra Bogati said that the sweet shops have improved compared to the past and urged them to pay attention to waste management. Sweet entrepreneur Atul Kumar Gupta expressed commitment that the traders would work according to the standards set by the government and said that everyone including the consumers would benefit from this.

The Department of Food Technology and Quality Control had issued a notice with effect from November 26 to provide the details of the sweets made by the entrepreneurs from which mixture of raw materials they produce.