D K Samantray, chief executive officer, Food Safety and Standards Authority of India, urged the other states in the country to tie up with Internet kiosks for online licencing and registration, as Madhya Pradesh did last year. They were also urged to charge food business operators (FBO) a minimum of Rs 20 for the service.
Lauding the central state’s food safety commissioner (D D Aggrawal) for the step, he added that it was not just generating revenue for the state, but also making FBO aware of the importance of licencing and registration. Samantray also reminded the states that the deadline by which FBO had to either obtain licences or register their establishments (as the case may be) was August 4, 2014.
Aggrawal said, “With several extensions to the licencing and registration since the first deadline was set in 2011, FBO didn’t show interest in coming ahead and either obtaining licenses or registering offline.”
“I met FSO from all the districts in Madhya Pradesh, discussed the idea of tying up with Internet kiosks and initiated the process. Within a few months, we got a favourable response from the FBO. Food safety officers (FSO) and FSSAI officials trained them in it,” he added.
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