There is no truth to Delhi’s food safety commissioner K J R Burman’s claim that food business operators (FBO) in the capital got 2,500 licenses converted before the February 4, 2014 deadline lapsed. This was stated by the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI), the country’s apex food regulator.
Only 645 licenses have been obtained so far, while the process of registration is yet to commence. In fact, it has been sluggish since August 5, 2011, the date the Food Safety and Standards Act (FSSA), 2006, came into effect. It is, however, expected that the capital would be on track by the time the extended deadline - August 4, 2014 - lapses.
Sources stated that the Mayur Bhavan office, where the registration and licensing would take place, was to be ready by April 2013, but it remains incomplete.
Only the Andaman and Nicobar Islands (331); Dadra and Nagar Haveli (200); Daman and Diu (258); Manipur (394); Meghalaya (633); Mizoram (228); Nagaland (160); Puducherry (332) and Sikkim (360) have issued fewer licences than Delhi.
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