CHENNAI: The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) is working on a mechanism to evolve standards for domestically consumed food items imported from abroad, chairperson, FSSAI, Dr K. Chandramouli said at an ASSOCHAM event in New Delhi on Tuesday.
"Our food exporters have to adhere to various stringent set of rules and regulations for exporting food, while we do not strain the same sort of stringency on imported food and thus it is imperative to evolve standards for domestically consumed food," Dr Chandramouli said
"We do have some standards to begin with but we need to take more steps in this regard to ensure the safety of food for consumption which comes from outside," the FSSAI chairperson added. He said that FSSAI was working out a mechanism in collaboration with all stakeholders that includes scientists, laboratories, experts and industry representatives from the food business operators (FBOs) segment.
The FSSAI in consultation with different stakeholders is also working on setting standards for traditional or the ethnic food as India is home to the largest variety of cuisines across different states. "There is also a need for a consensus of the FBOs in the country to ascertain who's selling what and where so that at the end of the day all get covered and our representatives keep collecting the information in this regard," Dr Chandramouli said.
"Our food exporters have to adhere to various stringent set of rules and regulations for exporting food, while we do not strain the same sort of stringency on imported food and thus it is imperative to evolve standards for domestically consumed food," Dr Chandramouli said
"We do have some standards to begin with but we need to take more steps in this regard to ensure the safety of food for consumption which comes from outside," the FSSAI chairperson added. He said that FSSAI was working out a mechanism in collaboration with all stakeholders that includes scientists, laboratories, experts and industry representatives from the food business operators (FBOs) segment.
The FSSAI in consultation with different stakeholders is also working on setting standards for traditional or the ethnic food as India is home to the largest variety of cuisines across different states. "There is also a need for a consensus of the FBOs in the country to ascertain who's selling what and where so that at the end of the day all get covered and our representatives keep collecting the information in this regard," Dr Chandramouli said.
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