Eating joints will be rated by Delhi government

New Delhi: Delhi Government will soon start rating restaurants, dhabas, takeaway joints and other food establishments in the city in order to ensure safe and hygienic food during the Commonwealth Games.

Delhi Chief Secretary Rakesh Mehta attended a meeting with the representatives of CII, hotel industry and Delhi government's health department officials, and took the decision.

Officials said Delhi government may soon ask the MCD to also rate road-side dhabas on parameters of safe and hygienic foods.

The CII representatives have volunteered to extend their expertise in giving ratings of the food establishments to ensure quality.

Officials said the government will put in place specific norms for restaurants and eating joints to ensure that they sell and distribute hygienic food.

They said the government will come out with a directory of all food establishments with ratings in the scale of one to five.