Provincial and Local Governments to Oversee Food Quality and Hygiene Monitoring

The responsibility for directly monitoring the quality and hygiene of food products has now been assigned to provincial and local governments. The Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development is activating provincial and local bodies based on the Food Hygiene and Quality Act, 2081. The ministry has instructed local governments to appoint food inspectors according to their own laws and to establish systems for quality inspection.

From now on, provincial and local governments will be responsible for directly monitoring and regulating the quality and hygiene of food products. The Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development is mobilizing these bodies to actively oversee markets in line with the Food Hygiene and Quality Act, 2081. Provinces will inspect and regulate food products distributed within their territories, while local governments will supervise those sold within their own municipalities.

This decision by the ministry aims to effectively implement the provisions of the Act and ensure consumers’ health rights at the local level. To enforce this right, local governments are now authorized to appoint food inspectors according to their own laws. The ministry has also directed arrangements to appoint qualified individuals as food inspectors.