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Thiruvananthapuram: If all goes as per the plan of the food safety department, the city will soon have a ‘safe street food zone’. To bring them ‘to the mainstream’, food safety commission has invited all street food vendors for a meeting a month ago. “Once we get a street exclusively for street food joints, we could ensure a standard for hygiene, infrastructure and quality. With the department also planning to introduce apps to rate all street food shops in the city, the concerns regarding the quality and hygiene of street food will also be addressed. Now the association of street food vendors itself has over 180 members,” he said.Street food vendors are one particular group which often escape the radar of the food safety department due to the difference in work timing..