The Uttarakhand government issued guidelines on Wednesday to prevent incidents of “spitting in food” with fines reaching up to ₹1 lakh, news agency PTI reported. Separate guidelines were released by the state police and health department after chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami referred to such acts as “thook (spit) jihad,” vowing strict measures against offenders. Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami.(PTI) The guidelines also require police verification of staff at hotels and dhabas and mandate the installation of CCTV cameras in their kitchens. The BJP government in neighbouring Uttar Pradesh also announced plans to introduce two ordinances that will make food contamination through spitting or mixing human waste a cognizable and non-bailable offence. Recent incidents in Uttarakhand Two men were recently arrested in Uttarakhand’s Mussoorie for allegedly spitting into fruit juice glasses before serving them to tourists. In another incident, a viral video from Dehradun showed a cook allegedly spitting while preparing dough for rotis. State health minister Dhan Singh Rawat said that food safety and purity are top priorities for the government during the …