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New food safety regulations to be introduced | In order to ensure safety of food products, the Government is set to introduce a new set of regulations from 2010, replacing the existing Food Safety and Standards Act 2006. "Under the
existing provisions, small operators like street vendors cannot be licensed. The
new regulations will require them to undergo a simple registration process at
the base level, say the panchayats or municipalities," said P I Suvarathan, Chairperson
of the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI). The new set of rules
aims to integrate the whole licensing system. The food processing will be classified
as into two categories –High-risk products (meat, milk, edible oil and the like)
and low-risk products (rice). "Companies with inter-state operations will be brought
under a common regulatory system. Besides, there will be specific regulations
covering safety of foods distributed by Railways and the Civil Aviation," Suvarathan
said. According to the new regulations, Food Safety Officers will be appointed
who would do surveillance and prepare reports on quality of various food products
keeping in mind the interests of consumers. "We (FSSAI) have already suggested
to states to set up separate Food Safety Department by each of them which would
monitor food processing in their respective areas," he said. |
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