Feb 2, 2013

Warning against food safety Act violation

The extended deadline for securing licences or registrations by Food Business Operators (FBO) will end on February 4. Any person found to be engaged in food-related businesses without a licence or registration after February 4 will have to face legal action as prescribed in the Food Safety and Standards Act 2006, Food Safety Commissioner Biju Prabhakar has said. This includes a fine of up to Rs.5 lakh and imprisonment of up to six months. Till date over 2,500 FBO licences and over one lakh FBO registrations have been issued.— Special Correspondent

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