kolkata a survey carried out by kolkata municipal corporation kmc has revealed that the street food in city is safe though the vendors in some places need to be careful about using spices edible oil and other ingredients the survey has also said that some vendors in the city should maintain proper hygiene a kmc health department team was assisted by an ngo to examine the quality of street food in the city they chose 1767 street food vendors from 10 different areas including the central business districtthe monthlong survey focussed on three categories of street food vendors those selling meals come in the first category while others selling snacks in morning and evening fall in the second category the fruit juice or soft drink sellers come under the third category the survey has classified the food vendors in accordance with the quality of the food they serve of 1767 vendors 37 have been branded as excellent and given the 5star status other 326 vendors got the 4star status while 1082 vendors were accorded a 3star status the rest 319 vendors were given a fair grade but they were asked to improve the quality of the food and its hygiene said atin ghosh member mayorincouncil who oversees the kmc health department ghosh added that the kmc team collected food samples and decided on the status after a laboratory testing for instance the vendors in areas like hatibagan shyambazar kalighat and hazra got the 5star status the food items tested for the survey in these areas include singara kachuri south indian and chinese dishesthe vendors who were given the 4star status were from the areas like kalighat rashbehari avenue and jadavpur some food vendors selling snacks biriyani khichdi and sweets at bbd bagh strand road or netaji subhas road have been lauded for the quality besides the meals served to officegoers in the cbd were also praised however the areas where the kmc team found poor hygiene and quality of food include gariahat chitpore new market and sealdah