PATNA: The Bihar Chamber of Commerce (BCC) and Bihar Industries Association (BIA) on Thursday expressed satisfaction over the decision of the Union government to extend by six months the deadline for registration and procurement of licenses by the manufacturers, suppliers and other operators in food supply chain under the provisions of Food Safety and Security Act (FSSA). Earlier, the Centre had fixed August 4, 2012, as the last date of registration and getting license.
BCC president O P Sah said the six months' extension was imperative as the FSSA and its regulations were quite complicated. The FSSA came into force from 2006, the year when it was enacted by the parliament, but its regulations were framed in 2011. Hence, there was need to create proper awareness about this among the stakeholders.
Sah suggested the food safety commissioner should organize awareness programmes to educate those in the food business about the pros and con of the FSSA and its regulation for proper compliance of the new law. The state government's department tasked with enforcing food safety and standard provisions of the Act should hold registration camps in different cities and at district level to issue licenses under the FSSA. He also urged the businessmen to come forward and get their enterprises registered.
BCC president O P Sah said the six months' extension was imperative as the FSSA and its regulations were quite complicated. The FSSA came into force from 2006, the year when it was enacted by the parliament, but its regulations were framed in 2011. Hence, there was need to create proper awareness about this among the stakeholders.
Sah suggested the food safety commissioner should organize awareness programmes to educate those in the food business about the pros and con of the FSSA and its regulation for proper compliance of the new law. The state government's department tasked with enforcing food safety and standard provisions of the Act should hold registration camps in different cities and at district level to issue licenses under the FSSA. He also urged the businessmen to come forward and get their enterprises registered.
BIA president K P S Keshri said the six months' extension was necessary as gradual compliance with the FSSA and its regulations would enable a large number of enterprises and people involved in the food supply chain to get themselves registered and also get license. He said even the six months' extra time would not be sufficient if all the enterprises concerned do not hurry up to get their units registered. The BIA had recently organized a workshop in this regard.
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