Nagpur: Union transported minister Nitin Gadkari told the officials of Food and Drugs Administration (FDA) to provide test reports of food samples submitted by consumers within 8 days. He also asked the agency to provide online services of consumers. He was addressing the bhoomi puja function of new FDA laboratory in Civil Lines on Sunday.
The minister said that the demand for a FDA laboratory in Nagpur was an old one and thanked the state government for sanctioning it. He exhorted the food officials to provide quality service to consumers and the government. If a person is found guilty of supplying adulterated products then his name and photograph should be released to media so that it acts as a deterrent. “I appeal to big food products industries to provide best quality products to consumers,” he added.
The building will be six-storied and will have parking for outside vehicles, special parking for electric vehicles and the premises will have landscaping. It will be green building and will generate power through solar panels installed on its roof.
Madan Yerawar, minister of state for FDA, said that the Nagpur laboratory would be the third in the state. “It will be ready in two years. It will have the capacity to test 5,000 types of food products and 2,000 types of drugs,” he added.
FDA minister Girish Bapat said that the agency was cracking down hard on illegal sale of pan masala and gutkha. “We have seized gutkha worth Rs150 crore last year and operation is going on,” he added.
Bapat further said that a law to increase the punishment for adulterators was being considered by the government. “The minimum punishment will be three years imprisonment,” he added.
An information booklet published by food safety and standards department of central government was released by the ministers.
FDA secretary Sanjay Deshmukh, FDA commissioner Pallavi Darade and several other senior officials were present in the function.
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