Owners of sweet shops, restaurants to give declarations

Kanpur: District administration on Wednesday had ordered opening of sweet shops and restaurants in the city but only after completing certain formalities like furnishing a declaration , downloading Aarogya Setu app and following other mandatory Covid-19 rules.
According to shops and commercial registration department , all 754 sweet shops and 564 restaurants of the city have to furnish 10-point declaration based on 12 points under which they have to give an under taking to follow the rules, to sanitize shops or and their premises daily, to follow the hygiene rules and take precautions for Covid-19.
As per declaration, the employees would have to cover their heads and use masks and gloves regularly and the person dealing with cash would not touch food products. Moreover, the shop owner is required to arrange hand sanitizer for public and liquid soap for employees.
Designated officer, department t of food and safety and drug administration, Vijay Pratap Singh said the sweet shop and restaurant owners have to give declaration in two copies. The format of the declaration form would be available in the food safety and drug administration office situated at the collectorate.