The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has extended the deadline-February 4, 2015-for obtaining licence and securing registration by food business operators (FBOs) under the Food Safety and Standards (Licensing and Registration of Food Business) Regulations, 2011,by six months. The new deadline would be August 4, 2015.
The latest extension is the fifth since the implementation of Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006, in the country on August 5, 2011. Interestingly, most industry associations such as CAIT (Confederation of All India Traders) and AIFPA (All India Food Processors Association) were confident of getting an extension looking at the rate of licensing and registration completed so far in the country, which stood at six per cent.
Speaking to FnB News, H G Koshia, food safety commissioner, Food and Drugs Control Administration (FDCA), Gujarat, said, “Extension of licensing and registration for FBOs is a Centre subject and state has to just comply with the order of FSSAI.”
He added, “I think the six months extension has been given to FBOs due to heavy demand and pressure from industries to extend the deadline. All the states should implement the online process in order to complete the licensing and registration in six months time. The Centre should help the state government and state government should take the initiative to improve infrastructure in order to complete the target (100 per cent) of registration and licensing of all FBOs.”
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