On the eve of the original deadline for obtaining licences under the Food Safety and Standards Regulations, 2011 (August 5, 2012), the Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) told via telephone that it considered the six-month extension (February 5, 2012) to the deadline, a step in the right direction.
“It has given us enough time to seek appointments with the concerned officials, and try to convince them that the Act should be more inclusive. For instance, the preceding regulations had no section pertaining to transporters, whereas FSSA stipulates that everybody engaged in the food and beverage industry directly or indirectly should be brought under the purview of the Act,” Praveen Khandelwal, secretary-general, CAIT, said.
“We have a number of food testing laboratories affiliated to the National Accreditation Board for Testing and Calibration Laboratories (NABL), but there is scope for many more. Inadequate infrastructure has always been a roadblock to the success of a campaign. Also, we wish more awareness is created in the minds of all stakeholders within the next six months,” he said.
“It has given us enough time to seek appointments with the concerned officials, and try to convince them that the Act should be more inclusive. For instance, the preceding regulations had no section pertaining to transporters, whereas FSSA stipulates that everybody engaged in the food and beverage industry directly or indirectly should be brought under the purview of the Act,” Praveen Khandelwal, secretary-general, CAIT, said.
“We have a number of food testing laboratories affiliated to the National Accreditation Board for Testing and Calibration Laboratories (NABL), but there is scope for many more. Inadequate infrastructure has always been a roadblock to the success of a campaign. Also, we wish more awareness is created in the minds of all stakeholders within the next six months,” he said.
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