Hyderabad: A two-judge panel of the Telangana High Court consisting of the Chief Justice Raghvendra Singh Chauhan and Justice B Vijaysen Reddy on Monday directed the petitioner Nalin Venkat Kishore Kumar to file his reply in a PIL filed challenging the directions issued by the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI).
As reported earlier, the petitioner filed a PIL in lieu of directions of FSSAI for the use of ethephon in liquid form and in powder form in ethephon sachets for post-harvest fruit ripening. This the petitioner complained was ultra vires to the Food Safety Act.
He sought directions to both FSSAI and the State government to take the help of police to prevent the sale distribution and use of imported or domestically manufactured ethephon sachets for fruit ripening purposes.
He complained that the use of the sachets was not only illegal but also hazardous for the health of the general public. The Central government has filed a counter in the PIL. The panel will continue to hear the matter on 14 October granting time to the petitioner to respond.
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