The sale of prohibited meat and fish and mixed kava will be forbidden in municipal markets across Fiji under proposed new regulations endorsed by Cabinet.<\/p>\n
The restrictions are among key changes arising from a review of the Market By-Laws under the Local Government Act 1972, with new Local Government (Municipal Market) Regulations now set to be drafted.<\/p>\n
Under the proposed framework, municipal, mini and satellite markets will operate under more consistent rules, including tighter controls over products offered for sale.<\/p>\n
The regulations will specifically prohibit the sale of prohibited meat and fish, while the sale of mixed kava will also be banned.<\/p>\n
Wholesale activities within markets will also be prohibited.<\/p>\n
The changes form part of wider efforts to strengthen health and food safety standards and provide greater protection for consumers and vendors.<\/p>\n
Cooked food vendors operating from markets will be required to comply with applicable food safety and health standards.<\/p>\n
The new regulations will also require vendors to display prices in writing, aimed at providing consumers with greater transparency over the prices they are being charged.<\/p>\n
Other changes will cover market operating arrangements, dispute resolution, fee and revenue collection, environmental management and accountability in the operation of markets.<\/p>\n
The proposed regulations are intended to establish a standard framework for market operations across Fiji, replacing differing practices with consistent requirements for vendors and market authorities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The sale of prohibited meat and fish and mixed kava will be forbidden in municipal markets across Fiji…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":568715,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[138,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-568714","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-business","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/568714","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=568714"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/568714\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/568715"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=568714"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=568714"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=568714"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}