The next time you put that sweet, sour, spicy, scrumptious sev puri into your mouth at Girgaum and Juhu beaches, you will be able to do so without worrying about whether you will end up with diarrhoea or food poisoning. The Food Safety & Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will soon convert these popular places into 'Clean Street Food Hubs'. If everything goes as per plan, the hubs will begin by the end of March. Maharashtra will become the second state after Gujarat to have such an FDA-approved food hub in the city.

Upgrading street food
Mumbai is known for its lip-smacking street food like pani puri, sev puri, bhel puri, vada pav, pav bhaji, etc. They are not just popular among locals but also tourists and foreigners. But often, due to the unhygienic conditions in which the food is prepared or served, people fall sick. The aim of the Clean Street Food Hubs is to prevent this.