அத்தகைய பொருட்களை விற்பவர்களை கண்டறியும் நோக்கில், லேபிள் இல்லாமல் மார்க்கெட்டுக்கு வரும் உணவு பண்டங்களை, பிப்ரவரி 4க்குள் பறிமுதல் செய்யவும், விற்பனையை தொடர்வோரை கைது செய்யவும், தமிழக அரசு உத்தரவிட்டுள்ளது.
இவ்வாறு அவர்கள் கூறினர்.
Dec 31, 2012
Dinamalar
அத்தகைய பொருட்களை விற்பவர்களை கண்டறியும் நோக்கில், லேபிள் இல்லாமல் மார்க்கெட்டுக்கு வரும் உணவு பண்டங்களை, பிப்ரவரி 4க்குள் பறிமுதல் செய்யவும், விற்பனையை தொடர்வோரை கைது செய்யவும், தமிழக அரசு உத்தரவிட்டுள்ளது.
இவ்வாறு அவர்கள் கூறினர்.
Food and Drug Administration to act against unlicensed food caterers
NASHIK: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has warned of legal action against food caterers without licence and are registered.
According to the new Food Safety and Standard Act, a licence is compulsory for a business with a turnover of more than Rs. 12 lakh. Businesses with turnover less than Rs. 12 lakh need not to take license, but are required to get registered.
The food business, which has been included in the act since August 5, 2011, include, pan stalls, fruit-vegetable vendors, vendors selling food items on hand-carts, grocery shops, food bakeries, professionals packaging food, caterers, inns, dhabas, tea stalls, onion-potato traders, meat shops and other such businesses.
Speaking to TOI, the Joint Commissioner (Food), FDA Chandrakant Pawar said, "The registration and licenses have been made mandatory for food related businesses as per the new Food Safety and Standard Act 2006. Businesses without licence or registration can be fined up to Rs. 5 lakh or face six months of imprisonment."
"There are around 300 food caterers across the city. Even after several reminders, they have not registered or taken license. We have decided to take stern action against them. Moreover, action will also be taken against owners of wedding halls, lawns and schools, if food caterers with no registration or license are found in these places."
As per the new Food Safety and Standard Act, the FDA had recently started the drive for registration and issuance of license in Nashik division. Around 19,403 businesses have been registered so far in Nashik division, including 5,484 registrations in Nashik district, 3,986 in Dhule district, 4,537 in Jalgaon and 5,396 registrations in Ahmednagar districts.
The licenses have been issued to 11,377 businesses, including 5,004 businesses in Nashik district, 2,160 businesses in Dhule district, 1,987 in Jalgaon and 2,226 businesses in Ahmednagar districts. The revenue amounting to Rs. 5.62 crore were earned through registration and issuance of license.
According to the new Food Safety and Standard Act, a licence is compulsory for a business with a turnover of more than Rs. 12 lakh. Businesses with turnover less than Rs. 12 lakh need not to take license, but are required to get registered.
The food business, which has been included in the act since August 5, 2011, include, pan stalls, fruit-vegetable vendors, vendors selling food items on hand-carts, grocery shops, food bakeries, professionals packaging food, caterers, inns, dhabas, tea stalls, onion-potato traders, meat shops and other such businesses.
Speaking to TOI, the Joint Commissioner (Food), FDA Chandrakant Pawar said, "The registration and licenses have been made mandatory for food related businesses as per the new Food Safety and Standard Act 2006. Businesses without licence or registration can be fined up to Rs. 5 lakh or face six months of imprisonment."
"There are around 300 food caterers across the city. Even after several reminders, they have not registered or taken license. We have decided to take stern action against them. Moreover, action will also be taken against owners of wedding halls, lawns and schools, if food caterers with no registration or license are found in these places."
As per the new Food Safety and Standard Act, the FDA had recently started the drive for registration and issuance of license in Nashik division. Around 19,403 businesses have been registered so far in Nashik division, including 5,484 registrations in Nashik district, 3,986 in Dhule district, 4,537 in Jalgaon and 5,396 registrations in Ahmednagar districts.
The licenses have been issued to 11,377 businesses, including 5,004 businesses in Nashik district, 2,160 businesses in Dhule district, 1,987 in Jalgaon and 2,226 businesses in Ahmednagar districts. The revenue amounting to Rs. 5.62 crore were earned through registration and issuance of license.
Dec 30, 2012
Adulteration becomes all-pervasive
Holstein-Friesian breed cows are seen inside the rotary at the
Bhagyalaxmi Dairy Farm of Pune on January 12, 2012. (Picture for
illustrative purpose only).
On January 2, the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) released the National Survey on Milk Adulteration. Milk samples from all over the country — both loose and packed — were analysed for adulterants and 68.4 per cent of the samples collected failed the quality standards fixed by the FSSAI. In other words, they were adulterated and unfit for human or animal use.
All the samples collected from Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Daman and Diu, Jharkhand, Orissa, West Bengal and Mizoram failed the quality test. Even Gujarat, known for its milk revolution, had 89 per cent of samples not conforming to the standards. The only solace came from Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu where just 6.7 and 12 per cent of the samples were found adulterated.
Milk adulteration is just the tip of iceberg. Adulteration now encompasses everything — from the mirchi we use in the kitchen to the coconut oil we apply on our heads.
Equally serious is the menace of spurious and inferior quality medicines marketed by some pharmaceutical companies.
Drugs banned in other countries are sold here and are approved by Drug Controllers. It is only after much public protests and representations that the manufacturers are told to stop importing such drugs.
The recent legislations on food adulterations has replaced the earlier Prevention of Food Adulteration Act of British times. It is a welcome legislation. It has taken into account the change in environment in the marketing of food products. However, what matters is the implementation of the new Act.
Dec 29, 2012
சுகாதாரமற்ற முறையில் இறைச்சி விற்பனை
தர்மபுரி: தர்மபுரி நகரப்பகுதியில் பெரும்பாலான இறைச்சி கடைகள்
சாலையோரங்களில் இருப்பதால், சுகாதாரமான முறையில் இறைச்சி விற்பனை என்பது
கேள்விக்குறியாகியுள்ளது.
தர்மபுரி நகரம் மற்றும் அதை சுற்றியுள்ள பஞ்சாயத்து பகுதியில், 200க்கும் மேற்பட்ட இறைச்சி கடைகள் உள்ளன. ஆடுகளை சுகாதாரமான முறையில் அறுக்க வசதியாக தர்மபுரி நகராட்சி சார்பில் சந்தைபேட்டையில் ஆடு வெட்டும் இடங்களில் வெட்ட வசதிகள் செய்யப்பட்டுள்ளது.ஆனால், பெரும்பாலான இறைச்சி கடைகளில் சுகாதாரமற்ற முறையில் கடைகளில் ஆடுகளை வெட்டி விற்பனை செய்கின்றனர். பெரும்பாலான கடைகள் சாலையோரங்களிலும், புழுதி பறக்கும் மண் சாலையோரங்களிலும் உள்ளன.
கடைகளில் ஆடுகள் வெட்டி தொங்க விடும் போது, சாலைகளில் வாகனங்கள் செல்லும் போது ஏற்படும் தூசிகள் அனைத்தும் இறைச்சிகளில் படியும் அவலம் உள்ளது.நகரப்பகுதி மற்றும் பஞ்சாயத்து பகுதியிலும் இதே நிலையுள்ளது. நெருக்கடியான சூழ்நிலை இறைச்சி கடைகளில் உள்ள கூட்டம் காரணங்களால் இறைச்சி வாங்குவோர் சுகதாதாரத்தை பற்றி கவலைப்படாமல் வாங்கி செல்கின்றனர். அதிகாரிகள் இது குறித்து ஆய்வு செய்வதில்லை.அப்படியே சுகாதார துறை மற்றும் உணவு ஆய்வாளர்கள் ஆய்வு செய்யும் போது, இறைச்சி கடைக்காரர்கள் கொடுக்கும் "மாமூல்' தொகையை வாங்கி கொண்டு எஸ்கேப் ஆகி விடுகின்றனர்.
வாடிக்கையாளர்களின் சுகாதாரத்தை பற்றி கவலைப்படாமல், நகரில் உள்ள பல இறைச்சி கடைக்காரர்கள் விற்பனை நோக்கில் செயல்பட்டு வருகின்றனர்இது குறித்து சுகாதார துறையினர் உரிய ஆய்வு செய்து, பாதுகாப்பான மற்றும் சுகாதாரமான முறையில் இறைச்சி விற்பனை செய்ய கடைக்காரர்களுக்கு அறிவுரை வழங்க வேண்டும் என பொது மக்கள் எதிர்பார்க்கின்றனர்.
தர்மபுரி நகரம் மற்றும் அதை சுற்றியுள்ள பஞ்சாயத்து பகுதியில், 200க்கும் மேற்பட்ட இறைச்சி கடைகள் உள்ளன. ஆடுகளை சுகாதாரமான முறையில் அறுக்க வசதியாக தர்மபுரி நகராட்சி சார்பில் சந்தைபேட்டையில் ஆடு வெட்டும் இடங்களில் வெட்ட வசதிகள் செய்யப்பட்டுள்ளது.ஆனால், பெரும்பாலான இறைச்சி கடைகளில் சுகாதாரமற்ற முறையில் கடைகளில் ஆடுகளை வெட்டி விற்பனை செய்கின்றனர். பெரும்பாலான கடைகள் சாலையோரங்களிலும், புழுதி பறக்கும் மண் சாலையோரங்களிலும் உள்ளன.
கடைகளில் ஆடுகள் வெட்டி தொங்க விடும் போது, சாலைகளில் வாகனங்கள் செல்லும் போது ஏற்படும் தூசிகள் அனைத்தும் இறைச்சிகளில் படியும் அவலம் உள்ளது.நகரப்பகுதி மற்றும் பஞ்சாயத்து பகுதியிலும் இதே நிலையுள்ளது. நெருக்கடியான சூழ்நிலை இறைச்சி கடைகளில் உள்ள கூட்டம் காரணங்களால் இறைச்சி வாங்குவோர் சுகதாதாரத்தை பற்றி கவலைப்படாமல் வாங்கி செல்கின்றனர். அதிகாரிகள் இது குறித்து ஆய்வு செய்வதில்லை.அப்படியே சுகாதார துறை மற்றும் உணவு ஆய்வாளர்கள் ஆய்வு செய்யும் போது, இறைச்சி கடைக்காரர்கள் கொடுக்கும் "மாமூல்' தொகையை வாங்கி கொண்டு எஸ்கேப் ஆகி விடுகின்றனர்.
வாடிக்கையாளர்களின் சுகாதாரத்தை பற்றி கவலைப்படாமல், நகரில் உள்ள பல இறைச்சி கடைக்காரர்கள் விற்பனை நோக்கில் செயல்பட்டு வருகின்றனர்இது குறித்து சுகாதார துறையினர் உரிய ஆய்வு செய்து, பாதுகாப்பான மற்றும் சுகாதாரமான முறையில் இறைச்சி விற்பனை செய்ய கடைக்காரர்களுக்கு அறிவுரை வழங்க வேண்டும் என பொது மக்கள் எதிர்பார்க்கின்றனர்.
Dharmapuri Food Safety Dept. News
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Madurai Food Safety Dept. News
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3 Abohar firms penalised
Fazilka, December 28
Additional Deputy Commissioner-cum-Safety Officer Charandev Singh Maan penalised three Abohar-based firms for violating the Food Safety Act this evening.
As per officials sources, Food Inspector Kamalpreet Singh took two samples of cheese and flour from Lotus Resort and Restaurant and Hotel Heaven View in Abohar some time back. The result of the samples was produced before the ADC this evening.
The result suggested that the samples of cheese and flour taken failed to qualify the standard tests. After listening to the arguments from the representatives of the hotel and the restaurant, the ADC imposed a penalty to the tune of Rs 5,000 on Heaven View authorities and Rs 10,000 on Lotus Resort and Restaurant.
The ADC also imposed a fine of Rs 10,000 on the wholesale grocery firm, Arjun Dass Nathu Ram, from where the Lotus Resort and Restaurant had reportedly purchased the flour. The ADC warned the firms to sell quality food items by adhering to the Food Safety Act failing which they would be dealt with sternly.
Additional Deputy Commissioner-cum-Safety Officer Charandev Singh Maan penalised three Abohar-based firms for violating the Food Safety Act this evening.
As per officials sources, Food Inspector Kamalpreet Singh took two samples of cheese and flour from Lotus Resort and Restaurant and Hotel Heaven View in Abohar some time back. The result of the samples was produced before the ADC this evening.
The result suggested that the samples of cheese and flour taken failed to qualify the standard tests. After listening to the arguments from the representatives of the hotel and the restaurant, the ADC imposed a penalty to the tune of Rs 5,000 on Heaven View authorities and Rs 10,000 on Lotus Resort and Restaurant.
The ADC also imposed a fine of Rs 10,000 on the wholesale grocery firm, Arjun Dass Nathu Ram, from where the Lotus Resort and Restaurant had reportedly purchased the flour. The ADC warned the firms to sell quality food items by adhering to the Food Safety Act failing which they would be dealt with sternly.
Dec 28, 2012
All eateries now need corpn health dept nod
Licences To Be Issued Only After Inspection
Chennai: A situation where you can walk down the street and buy a cup of tea or ‘bajjis’ and not worry about falling sick is what the Chennai Corporation intendsto achieve.Its officers will no longer issue trade licences to eateries with flies buzzing above the food or rats running around in kitchens.Small or big eateries, including roadsidestalls, private canteens and restaurants, will havetoseekclearancefrom the corporation’s health department for getting licences to operate. This is to ensure that food stalls maintain hygienic conditions and prevent spread of food and water-borne diseases. Earlier, trade licences for commercial establishmentswerebeing issuedby the civic body’s revenue department.
Replying to a question from AIADMKcouncillor MDhanaramesh at the council meeting on Thursday on whether the health department cleared licences given toeateries, mayor Saidai S Duraisamy said that according to procedure the health department was supposed to give a no-objection certificate. “According to a 2003 court ruling, they are supposed to give an NOC. I believe that the trade licence for eateries should be issued by the health department and not merely cleared by them,” he said.
When an applicant comes for a new licence or for renewal, assistanthealthofficers and sanitary inspectors will inspect the premises. They will check whether the establishment has adequate space to cook in a hygienic manner, heat sterilization facilities for vessels, outlet for drainage water, access to drinking water, toilets, rodent control and hygienic surroundings. “This is to ensure that the establishment does not create problems for the neighbours or vice versa,” said a senior corporation official.
They believe this is first step to prevent the spread of communicable diseases. “If people have hygienic food and water, chances of contracting diseases like cholera, diarrhoea, typhoid and jaundice is minimised,” saidtheofficial.
The applicant will have to get clearance from the land and revenue department which will look at the legality of land ownership or lease agreement. A single window system where an applicantcan upload his filled-in form will make this easier. This will be cleared by both departments after the inspections are completed.
Every restaurant or eatery will also have to get a licence from the commissionerate of food safety, which will focus on the quality of food served. “Thereis no overlap of responsibilities. They will analyse the food cooked and served. We are concerned about the overall hygiene in corporation limits,” said the official.
THE CHECKLIST When an applicant comes for a licence, health officers will inspect the premises to check if the eatery has:
Adequate space to cook in a hygienic manner Heat sterilization facilities for utensils Outlet for drainage water Access to drinking water and toilets Taken rodent control measures Hygienic surroundings
6 Kerala warehouses sealed & 7,000 tonnes of adulterated pepper seized
Six National Commodity and Derivatives Exchange (NCDEX)-accredited
warehouses in Kerala were sealed recently, following complaints that the
stock of black pepper was adulterated. Food safety authorities, who
sent the seized samples to the laboratory for tests, are now awaiting
the results.
When contacted the Commissionerate of Food Safety, Government of Kerala, K Ajith Kumar, designated officer, Ernakulam, confirmed this, and added, “About 7,000 tonnes of black pepper have been seized.” The cost of the stock is approximately Rs 300 crore.
“The warehouses are located in the districts of Ernakulam and Alappuzha,” he added. NCDEX accepts black pepper deposits as per its standard specifications only. The issue of mineral oil – with which the pepper samples were found to be adulterated – was raised for the first time.
Mineral oil is deemed unfit for human consumption, and is not permitted to be used in any edible commodity. It was perhaps used to suppress fungus or moulds and give the spice more weight and its characteristic dark black colour.
NCDEX's corporate services department is looking into buyers' complaints for mineral oil content, and is in touch with the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) for further course of action.
Method to make black pepper
Black pepper is produced by cooking the unripe (green) drupe (fruit) of the pepper plant briefly in hot water. This is done for two reasons – to clean them, and to prepare them for drying. The heat ruptures the cell walls in the pepper, hastening the work of the browning enzymes during drying.
The traditional method is to dry the drupes in the sun for several days, but now machines are also used for the same purpose. At this stage, the pepper around the seed shrinks and darkens into a thin, wrinkled layer, which is black in colour.
The dried spice is called black peppercorn. At some places, the berries are manually separated from the stem and sun-dried, thus eliminating the boiling process. After the peppercorns are dried, the berries can be crushed to extract pepper spirit and oil.
Uses of the derivatives
When contacted the Commissionerate of Food Safety, Government of Kerala, K Ajith Kumar, designated officer, Ernakulam, confirmed this, and added, “About 7,000 tonnes of black pepper have been seized.” The cost of the stock is approximately Rs 300 crore.
“The warehouses are located in the districts of Ernakulam and Alappuzha,” he added. NCDEX accepts black pepper deposits as per its standard specifications only. The issue of mineral oil – with which the pepper samples were found to be adulterated – was raised for the first time.
Mineral oil is deemed unfit for human consumption, and is not permitted to be used in any edible commodity. It was perhaps used to suppress fungus or moulds and give the spice more weight and its characteristic dark black colour.
NCDEX's corporate services department is looking into buyers' complaints for mineral oil content, and is in touch with the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) for further course of action.
Method to make black pepper
Black pepper is produced by cooking the unripe (green) drupe (fruit) of the pepper plant briefly in hot water. This is done for two reasons – to clean them, and to prepare them for drying. The heat ruptures the cell walls in the pepper, hastening the work of the browning enzymes during drying.
The traditional method is to dry the drupes in the sun for several days, but now machines are also used for the same purpose. At this stage, the pepper around the seed shrinks and darkens into a thin, wrinkled layer, which is black in colour.
The dried spice is called black peppercorn. At some places, the berries are manually separated from the stem and sun-dried, thus eliminating the boiling process. After the peppercorns are dried, the berries can be crushed to extract pepper spirit and oil.
Uses of the derivatives
- Pepper spirit is used in aerated beverages such as Coca-Cola and a number of medicinal and beauty products
- Pepper oil is used as an oil in ayurvedic massage, and used in a number of beauty and herbal treatments
Dec 27, 2012
நடைபாதை கடைகளுக்கு கடிவாளம்! நடைமுறைக்கு வருமா விதிமுறைகள்?
கோவை மாநகர் பகுதியில் இரண்டாயிரத்துக்கும் மேற்பட்ட தள்ளுவண்டி கடைகள் உள்ளன. மாலை 5:00 மணிக்கு துவங்கும் வர்த்தகம், இரவு 10 மணி வரை நடக்கிறது.
சாதாரண டிபன் உணவுகள், பஜ்ஜி, போண்டா, வடை முதல் வடமாநில உணவு வகைகள், பாஸ்ட் புட் உணவுகள் என வழங்கப்படுவதால், வாடிக்கையாளர்கள் கூட்டம் அதிகமாக இருக்கும்.
சாலையோரத்தில் இயங்கும் இந்த நடைபாதை கடைகளில், அடிப்படை சுகாதாரம் என்பது பெரும்பாலும் கேள்விக்குறியாகவே இருக்கிறது.
திறந்தவெளி சாக்கடை ஓடும் துர்நாற்ற சூழலில், பல தள்ளுவண்டி கடைகள் செயல்பட்டு வருகின்றன. ஒரு பக்கெட்டில் நிரப்பப்பட்ட தண்ணீரில், பாத்திரங்களை மீண்டும் மீண்டும் மூழ்க வைத்து, சுத்தம் செய்யப்படுகிறது.
சில கடைகளில் மறுசுழற்சி அடிப்படையில், சமையல் எண்ணெய் பயன்படுத்தப்படுகிறது.
பெரும்பாலான இடங்களில் சுத்தமான குடிநீர் கிடைப்பதில்லை.
பல கடைகளும் சுகாதார நிலையில் பின்தங்கி இருப்பதால், சுத்தமாகவும், சுகாதாரமாகும் செயல்படும் கடைகள் மீதும் அதிருப்தி ஏற்படுகிறது.
ஆனால், அவசரப் பசியை போக்குவதால், எத்தகைய சுகாதார சூழலிலும் வியாபாரம் "களை' கட்டி வருவது தான் ஆச்சரியத்துக்குரிய விஷயம்.
சிறு வணிகர்கள் மற்றும் தெருக்களில் உணவு விற்பனை செய்வோருக்கான தூய்மை மற்றும் சுகாதார தேவைகள் குறித்து, "உணவு பாதுகாப்பு மற்றும் தரநிலை சட்டம்' கூறுவதென்ன?
* குப்பை, கழிவுநீர், கழிவறை, திறந்த சாக்கடைகள், தெருவிலங்குகள் போன்ற அசுத்தத்துக்கு மூலக்காரணமான இடங்களுக்கு தொலைவில் கடைகள் இருக்க வேண்டும்.
* உணவுப் பொருட்கள் அல்லது உணவு வைக்கப்பட்டுள்ள பாத்திரங்கள் வைக்கப்பட்டுள்ள தள்ளுவண்டிகளின் மேற்பரப்பு, சுத்தமாக இருக்க வேண்டும்; எளிதில் சுத்தம் செய்யத்தக்க வகையில், எவர்சில்வர் போன்ற நீர்உறிஞ்சாத தன்மை கொண்டதாக இருக்க வேண்டும்.
* கழிவுப்பொருட்கள் மூடியுடனான பாத்திரத்தில் சேகரிக்கப்பட வேண்டும். உணவு வியாபாரம் முடிந்த உடன் பயன்படுத்திய உபகரணங்கள் மற்றும் பாத்திரங்களை கழுவி சுத்தம் செய்து, பூஞ்சை தொற்று ஏற்படாதவாறு உலர வைக்க வேண்டும்.
* சமைப்பதற்கும், தூய்மை செய்வதற்கும் பயன்படுத்தும் தண்ணீர் சுத்தமானதாக இருக்க வேண்டும். குடிநீரை மூடியுடன் கொள்கலத்தில், மாசு படியாதவாறு பாதுகாப்பாக சேமித்து வைக்க வேண்டும். பாத்திரங்களை பயன்பாட்டுக்குப் பின், ஒவ்வொரு முறையும், சோப்புப் பவுடரால் நன்கு தேய்த்து, நீரில் சுத்தம் செய்ய வேண்டும்; பாத்திரங்களை துடைக்க சுத்தமான துணிகளை பயன்
படுத்த வேண்டும்.
* சமையல், உணவை கையாளுதல் மற்றும் பரிமாறுதல் ஆகிய பணிகளை செய்பவர் கையுறைகள், மேலங்கிகள் அணிய வேண்டும். பணியின்போது தலைக்கவசம், வாய்மூடி அணிய வேண்டும்.
* விற்பனை கடைகள் போக்குவரத்துக்கும், பாதசாரிகளுக்கும் இடையூறின்றி, உள்ளாட்சி அமைப்பு அங்கீகரித்த இடங்களில் மட்டுமே இருக்க வேண்டும்.
இந்த விதிமுறைகள் நடைமுறைக்கு வந்தால், வாடிக்கையாளர்களின் ஆரோக்கியத்துக்கு உத்தரவாதம்.
Dec 26, 2012
Business operators sensitised to licence and registration norms under FSSAI Act
Orientation programme by Tiruchi District Micro Entrepreneurs’ Association
Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has
educated food business operators (FBO) in the region on the need for
securing licence and registration before February 4, 2013.
At
an orientation programme organised earlier this month by the Tiruchi
District Micro Entrepreneurs’ Association (TIMEA), in association with
R.K.Entrepreneurship and Skill Development Centre and Periyar Technology
Business Incubator, the FBOs were sensitised to the process of
obtaining the licence and knowledge about caring for safety of food for
human and animal consumption.
They were taught about packaging, storing, and other aspects.
A
senior official of Tamil Nadu Food Safety and Drug Administration,
A.Ramakrishnan, explained that FSSAI was a replacement for FPO (Food
Products Order), MPO, and Food Adulteration Act. The FSSAI Act, he said,
obviates the need for FBOs to obtain a plethora of permissions from
various authorities, including health department and local bodies.
Unlike
in the past when the enterprises were at the receiving end of the
monitoring authorities, the FSSAI would provide guidance to the
entrepreneurs and keep them informed of the shortcomings on their part
before resorting to any action.
Barring farmers and
consumers, those involved in processing and trading in food, including
street vendors are covered under the Act. FSSAI covers six regulations
pertaining to licensing and registration, packing and labelling, food
additives, contamination, sampling and analyses, and prohibition and
restriction.
Getting licence was an easy process, Mr.Ramakrishnan informed.
Ranked among the largest food producers, India will benefit substantially from food processing under FSSAI guidelines.
At
present, 30 per cent of vegetables and fruits go waste due to lack of
storage facilities, C.Ramaswamy Desai, Project Director, Periyar TBI,
said.
Prospective entrepreneurs could avail
themselves of the benefits accruing from various schemes of the Union
Ministry for Food Processing Industries.
The schemes
entail 25 per cent subsidy component, Mr.Ramaswamy said. Rise in
disposable income reflects in Indians taking to nutritious packaged
food, and hence, safety and standardisation were vital, he said,
offering the handholding support of Periyar TBI for aspiring
entrepreneurs in food sector.
A venture in food production is bound to be profitable, he said.
Explaining
about UYEGP and New Entrepreneur Enterprise Development Scheme,
Ravindran, Manager, District industries Centre, Tiruchi, said loans from
Rs.5 lakh to Rs.1crore could be secured by first-generation
entrepreneurs in the age group of 21 to 35 years with a qualification of
degree, diploma or ITI.
Subsidy component was 25 per
cent to a maximum of Rs.25 lakh. The beneficiaries of the loan scheme
were eligible for 3 per cent interest subsidy as well, he said.
Of
the 30 projects targeted in Tiruchi district under these schemes, the
DIC will process 20 applications and the rest will be scrutinised by the
Tamil Nadu Industrial Investment Corporation, Mr.Ravindran said.
S.P.Mohan,
director, Tamil Nadu Environmental Federation, also addressed the
participants. N.Kanagasabathy, Managing Trustee, R K Trust, presided.
'FSSAI Act obviates the need for food business operators to obtain permissions from various authorities'
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Lactic acid in Parle Kaccha Mango Bite safe for consumption: Bombay HC
In a recent hearing at the Bombay High Court, the verdict went in
favour of Parle Products Pvt Ltd for its use of lactic acid in Kaccha
Mango Bite, based on the construction of the provisions of the Food
Safety and Standards Act (FSSA), 2006 and the rules and regulations made
thereunder. The verdict established that the lactic acid in hard-boiled
candies is absolutely safe for human consumption.
A spokesperson for the biscuit-maker, which had moved court against Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Maharashtra, confirmed this, adding that lactic acid is widely used in several food items of daily consumption, including curd, infant milk-based formulations, bread, paneer, processed cheese, milk powder, cream powder, tomato ketchup, squashes, garlic paste, onion paste, ginger paste, etc.
“We are very happy with the development. The day we moved court against FDA Maharashtra, we were sure that the verdict will be in our favour. At Parle we believe in delivering the best to our consumers. All our products go through stringent quality norms, be it the ingredients, processes, packaging material, etc. We have always placed the consumer first and will continue to follow this philosophy in future as well,” he said, on the condition of anonymity.
The spokesperson added, “When our manufacturing units at Nashik and Khopoli were raided and Kaccha Mango Bite worth more than Rs 60 lakh were seized, we took the matter seriously. We put our side forth and also presented the facts about lactic acid to the state food regulator, but they were in no mood to listen. It was an attempt to malign the reputation of the company.”
K B Sankhe, joint commissioner (food), FDA Maharashtra, said, “We have not yet gone through the file yet. Once we go through it we will decide the further course of action.”
A spokesperson for the biscuit-maker, which had moved court against Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Maharashtra, confirmed this, adding that lactic acid is widely used in several food items of daily consumption, including curd, infant milk-based formulations, bread, paneer, processed cheese, milk powder, cream powder, tomato ketchup, squashes, garlic paste, onion paste, ginger paste, etc.
“We are very happy with the development. The day we moved court against FDA Maharashtra, we were sure that the verdict will be in our favour. At Parle we believe in delivering the best to our consumers. All our products go through stringent quality norms, be it the ingredients, processes, packaging material, etc. We have always placed the consumer first and will continue to follow this philosophy in future as well,” he said, on the condition of anonymity.
The spokesperson added, “When our manufacturing units at Nashik and Khopoli were raided and Kaccha Mango Bite worth more than Rs 60 lakh were seized, we took the matter seriously. We put our side forth and also presented the facts about lactic acid to the state food regulator, but they were in no mood to listen. It was an attempt to malign the reputation of the company.”
K B Sankhe, joint commissioner (food), FDA Maharashtra, said, “We have not yet gone through the file yet. Once we go through it we will decide the further course of action.”
Parle to be in marketplace shortly with Mango bites
The yellow and immature colour wrapped candy, Mango Bite a product of Parle was out of a marketplace given mid-October, will again be done available. On Dec 19, a Bombay High Court destined a food and drug administration ( FDA) to recover 39 batches of ‘ Kaccha Mango Bite’ candy to a producer, Parle Biscuits, a section of Parle Products by Feb 1. It also destined recover of seized lactic acid.
The Maharashtra section of FDA, in October, had asked a manufacturer to remember from a marketplace a whole stock, observant it was “unsafe”, after raids by officials of a Konkan multiplication of FDA during Raigadh and Bhiwandi, where finished products and mixture of Rs 2 crore were seized.
FDA officials had purported that a association was regulating buffered lactic acid, an ingredient, that is not available underneath a Food Safety Standards Act, 2006, in Mango Bite, hence a preference to sequence a remember of a product. Following this, Parle Biscuits had filed a petition before a Bombay High Court. The association had afterwards pronounced that lactic poison is protected for tellurian expenditure and that it is widely used in several equipment including bread, processed cheese, divert powder, tomato ketchup, squashes, garlic, onion and ginger paste. The justice had settled that a law was wordless on a lactic acid, and FDA had never instituted movement opposite a manufacturers of these products.
The products in brawl have been made and sole given 2004. This is a initial time movement has been taken. Additional supervision pleader Sandeep Shinde settled that of a 48 seized batches, usually 9 batches contained colour over slight limit. The multiplication dais headed by Justice S J Vazifdar forked out that FSS Act does not discuss lactic poison as a criminialized substance. Further, a justice asked since no movement was taken opposite other manufacturers who use lactic acid.
It is indeed extraordinary that authorities have not taken any movement opposite other manufacturers. Even after holding movement opposite petitioners, identical movement has not been taken opposite any of a other manufacturers. FDA had not indicated if it dictated to take movement opposite other manufacturers even now, a judges said. Interestingly, this was not a initial time when Parle Products has been asked to remember Mango Bite. In 2009 and 2010, a company, that also ranks among a largest biscuit makers in a country, was asked to take a product off emporium shelves since it was regulating colour that was not available underneath a Food Safety Standards Act, 2006.
As per attention estimates, a candy marketplace in India is estimated to be around Rs 3,500 crore in size. Of this, about 70 per cent is sugarine candy, and a remaining 30 per cent is chocolate candy. Besides Parle, some of a other pivotal candy or confectionary players embody Perfetti Van Melle, ITC, Nestle, Ravalgaon, Candico, Cadbury and Lotte.
The Maharashtra section of FDA, in October, had asked a manufacturer to remember from a marketplace a whole stock, observant it was “unsafe”, after raids by officials of a Konkan multiplication of FDA during Raigadh and Bhiwandi, where finished products and mixture of Rs 2 crore were seized.
FDA officials had purported that a association was regulating buffered lactic acid, an ingredient, that is not available underneath a Food Safety Standards Act, 2006, in Mango Bite, hence a preference to sequence a remember of a product. Following this, Parle Biscuits had filed a petition before a Bombay High Court. The association had afterwards pronounced that lactic poison is protected for tellurian expenditure and that it is widely used in several equipment including bread, processed cheese, divert powder, tomato ketchup, squashes, garlic, onion and ginger paste. The justice had settled that a law was wordless on a lactic acid, and FDA had never instituted movement opposite a manufacturers of these products.
The products in brawl have been made and sole given 2004. This is a initial time movement has been taken. Additional supervision pleader Sandeep Shinde settled that of a 48 seized batches, usually 9 batches contained colour over slight limit. The multiplication dais headed by Justice S J Vazifdar forked out that FSS Act does not discuss lactic poison as a criminialized substance. Further, a justice asked since no movement was taken opposite other manufacturers who use lactic acid.
It is indeed extraordinary that authorities have not taken any movement opposite other manufacturers. Even after holding movement opposite petitioners, identical movement has not been taken opposite any of a other manufacturers. FDA had not indicated if it dictated to take movement opposite other manufacturers even now, a judges said. Interestingly, this was not a initial time when Parle Products has been asked to remember Mango Bite. In 2009 and 2010, a company, that also ranks among a largest biscuit makers in a country, was asked to take a product off emporium shelves since it was regulating colour that was not available underneath a Food Safety Standards Act, 2006.
As per attention estimates, a candy marketplace in India is estimated to be around Rs 3,500 crore in size. Of this, about 70 per cent is sugarine candy, and a remaining 30 per cent is chocolate candy. Besides Parle, some of a other pivotal candy or confectionary players embody Perfetti Van Melle, ITC, Nestle, Ravalgaon, Candico, Cadbury and Lotte.
Traders still evade Food safety ACT
Amritsar, December 25Only 450 businessmen, dealing in selling, manufacturing food products, have obtained licences under the Food Safety and Standards Act since March this year. Traders, small vendors, will have to get registered or obtain licences under the Act by February 4, otherwise which their units would be declared illegal, said District Health Officer Dr Shivkaran Singh Kahlon.
It is believed that there are more than 5,000 small vendors alone in Amritsar.
In the small business category, the department has got responses from 1500 traders. The District Health Officer said, “Another 400 applications are in the process.”
He said the department had taken various initiatives to create awareness among people. “We had organised a number of camps at various places to make things easier for the businessmen. We will again organising a series of such camps before February 4,” he said.
As per the guidelines issued by the state government, businesses with a turnover of less than Rs 12 lakh were required to get registered with the office of the District Health Officer while those with a turnover above Rs 12 lakh were required to obtain a licence, said Kahlon.
The guidelines are binding on those engaged in the activities related to manufacture, processing, packaging, storage, transportation, distribution, import and catering of food products. Even traders running temporary stalls and karyana stores and selling food ingredients are required to get themselves registered.
Kahlon said the procedure would help the authorities keep an eye on food sellers and manufacturers. The instructions are issued under the Food Safety and Standards Act 2006 which came into effect in the state on August 8, 2011.
Deadline is Feb 4
Traders, small vendors, will have to get registered or obtain licences under the Act by February 4, otherwise which their units would be declared illegal, said District Health Officer Dr Shivkaran Kahlon
Dec 25, 2012
Six Kerala warehouses sealed after pepper adulteration complaints
Mumbai, Dec 24:
Six commodity warehouses in Kerala have been sealed
over the complaint of adulteration in black pepper stock and authorities
of Food Safety there are now awaiting laboratory reports.
The warehouses, accredited by the National Commodity &
Derivatives Exchange (NCDEX), were sealed on Friday.
“We
have sealed six warehouses in Ernakulam and Alappuzha district in
Kerala over the complaint of adulteration in pepper stock, received last
week. We have collected the samples of the said commodity and sent the
same to laboratory for inspection,” Commissioner Food Safety-Kerala,
Biju Prabhakar told PTI here.
“We need to check and
proper valuation needs to be done of this commodity. We are waiting for
the laboratory reports, Prabhakar said.
NCDEX chief,
Corporate Services, M K Ananda Kumar said, “We were accepting black
pepper deposits as per our standard specifications only. The mineral oil
issue has been raised for the first time. We are looking into the
complaint lodged by buyers for mineral oil content. We are in touch with
Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) for further course
of action.”
The seized stock of pepper allegedly
contains mineral oil which is an adulterant and not allowed to be used
in any human consumption commodity, sources familiar with the
development said, adding that it must have been used to suppress fungus/
moulds and give more weight and dark black colour to pepper.
According to Food Safety and Security Act of India, under
the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, there is no permission on use
of any mineral oil in pepper.
Sources said pepper
stocks of 5,000/7000 tonnes costing around Rs 250-300 crore have been
seized.
Traders fear no delivery of pepper on the
NCDEX platform, as the exchange does not have any in any other
warehouse.
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by National Commodity & Derivatives Exchange, NCDEX
in Kerala, sealed, complaint
of adulteration in black pepper stock, authorities
of Food Safety, awaiting
laboratory reports
Return 39 batches of seized candy: HC to FDA
Relief for Parle Court observes similar
action not taken against others.
In the dispute between Parle Biscuits Private Limited
and the state Food and Drugs Administration (FDA) Department, the Bombay
High Court recently directed the department to return the company’s
stock of lactic acid and 39 batches of
its product Kaccha Mango Bite.
Parle moved HC after FDA in October raided its factories in Nashik and Raigad and seized the candies worth Rs 2.36 crore.
The department had claimed that lactic acid, which is present in the confectionery, is a banned substance under the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006. It had also taken action on the grounds that the product contained colour beyond permissible limits.
However, a division bench of Justice S J Vazifdar and Justice R Y Ganoo held that there was no evidence to suggest that lactic acid was banned under the Act.
While the judges noted that similar action had not been taken against other manufacturers, they clarified that their judgment was not based on inaction in the case of other similar products.
Appearing for Parle, their counsel Virag Tulzapurkar contended that lactic acid is used worldwide in such products and similar products are freely imported into India.
The FDA had seized 48 batches of the confectionery during raids. Additional government pleader Sandeep Shinde told the court that of these, only nine contained colour in excess. The court has now directed that the department release the 39 batches which contain the permissible level of colour.
A spokesperson for Parle said, “All our products go through stringent quality norms — be it the ingredients, processes, packaging material, etc. We have always placed our consumers first, and will continue to follow this philosophy in future as well.”
Parle moved HC after FDA in October raided its factories in Nashik and Raigad and seized the candies worth Rs 2.36 crore.
The department had claimed that lactic acid, which is present in the confectionery, is a banned substance under the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006. It had also taken action on the grounds that the product contained colour beyond permissible limits.
However, a division bench of Justice S J Vazifdar and Justice R Y Ganoo held that there was no evidence to suggest that lactic acid was banned under the Act.
While the judges noted that similar action had not been taken against other manufacturers, they clarified that their judgment was not based on inaction in the case of other similar products.
Appearing for Parle, their counsel Virag Tulzapurkar contended that lactic acid is used worldwide in such products and similar products are freely imported into India.
The FDA had seized 48 batches of the confectionery during raids. Additional government pleader Sandeep Shinde told the court that of these, only nine contained colour in excess. The court has now directed that the department release the 39 batches which contain the permissible level of colour.
A spokesperson for Parle said, “All our products go through stringent quality norms — be it the ingredients, processes, packaging material, etc. We have always placed our consumers first, and will continue to follow this philosophy in future as well.”
Dec 24, 2012
எடை, தேதி, காலாவதி நாள் அவசியம் லேபிள் இல்லாத உணவு பொருளை விற்க கூடாது தமிழக உணவு பாதுகாப்பு திட்ட கமிஷனர் பேச்சு
கோவை, டிச.24:
லேபிள்
இல்லாத உணவு பொருட் களை விற்க கூடாது, பாக்கெட்டில் எடை, தேதி, காலாவதி
நாள் அவசியம் குறிப்பிட வேண்டும் என உணவு பாதுகாப்பு திட்ட ஆணையர்
குமார்ஜெயந்த் பேசினார்.
உணவு பாதுகாப்பு
மற்றும் தர சட்டம் குறித்த விழிப்புணர்வு கருத்தரங்கு கோவை சித்தாபுதூர்
மாநகராட்சி மேல்நிலைப்பள்ளியில் நேற்று நடந்தது. இதில் தமிழ்நாடு அரசு உணவு
பாதுகாப்பு திட்ட ஆணையர் குமார்ஜெயந்த் பேசியதாவது:
உணவு
பொருள் தயாரிக்கும் நிறுவனங்கள் சுத்தமாக, தரமானதாக, விரைவில்
கெட்டுப்போகாத அளவுக்கு தயாரிக்க வேண்டும். சுத்தமான தண்ணீரை பயன்படுத்த
வேண்டும். உணவு பொருள் சைவம் என்றால் பச்சை புள்ளியும், அசைவம் என்றால்
பிரவுன் புள்ளியும் பாக்கெட்டில் குறிப்பிட வேண்டும். உணவு பொருள்
தயாரிப்பில் ஈடுபடுவோர் தங்கள் கைகளை சுத்தமாக வைத்திருக்க வேண்டும்.
பேக்கிங்
செய்யப்பட்ட உணவு பண்டங்களுக்கு லேபிள் மிகவும் அவசியம். லேபிள் இல்லாத
பொருட்களை தயாரித்து விற்க கூடாது. அதை கடைக்காரர்கள் வாங்கவும் கூடாது.
லேபிளில் பொருள், அதன் எடை, உற்பத்தி தேதி, காலாவதி தேதி இருக்க வேண்டும்.
சாலையோர
கடைகளில் விற்கப்படும் போண்டா, பஜ்ஜி பெரும்பாலும் சுகாதாரம் அற்றவையாக
உள்ளன. ஒருமுறை பயன்படுத்திய எண்ணெயை திரும்ப திரும்ப பயன்படுத்துகின்றனர்.
இது உடல்நலனுக்கு மிக மிக ஆபத்தானது. குடிக்கவும், கழுவவும் தனித்தனியாக
தண்ணீர் வைத்திருக்க வேண்டும். மக்களின் நலனுக்காக கொண்டு வரப்பட்டுள்ள
உணவு பாதுகாப்பு சட்டத்தை அமல்படுத்த பொதுமக்களும், வியாபாரிகளும்
ஒத்துழைக்கவேண்டும்.
இவ்வாறு குமார்ஜெயந்த் பேசினார்.
கலெக்டர்
கருணாகரன் தலைமை தாங்கி பேசுகையில், “எந்த ஒரு பொருளுக்கும் பிராண்ட் நேம்
இருக்க வேண்டும். பெயர் பெற்ற நிறுவனத்தின் பிராண்ட் நேமை போல
காப்பியடித்து விற்பனை செய்யக்கூடாது. தரமான, கலப்படமற்ற, நோய் வராமல்
பாதுகாக்க கூடிய அளவுக்கு உணவு பொருள் விற்பனை செய்வதை ஒழுங்குபடுத்தவே
சட்டம் கொண்டு வரப்பட்டுள்ளது. மக்களுக்கு நல்ல, தரமான உணவு கிடைக்க
வேண்டும். இதை வியாபார நிறுவனங்கள் பின்பற்ற வேண்டும். வியாபார நிறுவனங்கள்
மீது வழக்கு போடுவது நோக்கம் அல்ல. உணவே மருந்து, மருந்தே உணவு என்று
திருமூலர் கூறியிருக்கிறார். உணவை தவறாக சாப்பிட்டாலும், அளவுக்கு அதிகமாக
சாப்பிட்டாலும் பாதிப்பை ஏற்படுத்தும்,என்றார்.
அன்னபூர்ணா
குரூப் நிர்வாக இயக்குநர் சீனிவாசன் பேசுகையில், சட்டமான பொதுமக்களை
அச்சுறுத்தும் வகையில் இருக்க கூடாது. உணவு பாதுகாப்பு சட்டத்தின் படி தவறு
செய்தவர்களுக்கு 10 ஆண்டு சிறை மற்றும் 10 லட்சம் வரை அபராதம் விதிக்க
அதிகாரம் உள்ளது. எனவே இது போன்ற கடுமையான தண்டனைகள் நீக்க மத்திய அரசிடம்
வலியுறுத்தி உள்ளோம். சென்னையில் உள்ளது போல கோவையில் உணவு பொருட்களை சோதனை
செய்ய ஆய்வுக்கூடம் அமைக்க வேண்டும் என்றார்.
கிருஷ்ணா
ஸ்வீட்ஸ் கிருஷ்ணன், சுகுணா கோழி பண்ணை நிர்வாக இயக்குநர் சுந்தர்ராஜன்,
தள்ளுவண்டி வியாபாரிகள் சங்க தலைவர் கருப்பையா, உணவு பாதுகாப்பு உதவி
ஆணையர் ஜெயக்குமார், அதிகாரிகள் சீனிவாசன், சந்திரன் மற்றும் 200க்கும்
மேற்பட்ட ஓட்டல் உரிமையாளர்கள், வியாபாரிகள் பங்கேற்றனர்.
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உணவு பாதுகாப்பு சட்டத்தில் சமரசம் கிடையாது:கமிஷனர் குமார் ஜெயந்த் உறுதி
மத்திய உணவு பாதுகாப்பு மற்றும் தரநிலை ஆணையம், தமிழக அரசின் உணவு பாதுகாப்புத் துறை மற்றம் இந்திய தொழில் வர்த்தக கூட்டமைப்பு சார்பில், உணவு பாதுகாப்பு மற்றும் தர சட்டம் குறித்த கருத்தரங்கு, நேற்று கோவை சித்தாபுதூர் மாநகராட்சி மேல்நிலைப்பள்ளியில் நடந்தது.
ஓட்டல்கள் உட்பட உணவு வர்த்தகத்தில் ஈடுபட்டுள்ளவர்களுக்கு , "உணவு பாதுகாப்பு மற்றும் தர சட்டம் - 2006'ன் கீழ் உரிமம் பெறுதல், பதிவு செய்தல் உள்ளிட்ட அணுகுவசதிகள் அளிப்பது குறித்து, கருத்தரங்கில் விவாதிக்கப்பட்டது.
கலெக்டர் கருணாகரன் பேசுகையில், ""உணவுப் பொருட்களில் சுகாதார முறைகள் கடைபிடிக்கப்படுகிறதா என்பதை 75 சதவீதம் பேர் உணர்ந்தவர்களாக இல்லை.
கோவையில் தரமற்ற உணவு விற்பனைக்கு எதிராக நடவடிக்கை எடுக்கப்பட்டு வருகிறது. நீதிமன்றத்தால் தடை செய்யப்பட்ட கெளுத்தி மீன் வளர்ப்பு பண்ணைகள் மீதும், கலப்பட தேயிலை விற்பனை செய்த நபர்கள் மீதும் சமீபத்தில் நடவடிக்கை எடுக்கப்பட்டுள்ளது,'' என்றார்.
உணவு பாதுகாப்பு கமிஷனர் குமார் ஜெயந்த் பேசியதாவது:
சர்வதேச ஏற்றுமதியாளர்கள் முதல் சாதாரண டீக்கடை வைத்துள்ளவர்கள் வரை உணவு பாதுகாப்பு மற்றும் தர சட்ட வரம்புக்குள் உட்படுத்தப்பட்டுள்ளனர்.
நாம் உண்ணும் உணவு சுத்தமாகவும், பாதுகாப்பாகவும் இருக்கிறது என பொதுமக்கள் மத்தியில் நம்பிக்கையை ஏற்படுத்தும் விதத்தில் சட்டம் அமைந்துள்ளது.
ஓட்டல்களில் சமைப்பதற்கும், தூய்மை செய்வதற்கும் பயன்படுத்தும் தண்ணீரை அருகருகில் வைக்கக் கூடாது. மீதமாகும் உணவை மீண்டும் பயன்பாட்டுக்கு எடுக்கக்கூடாது. சைவம் மற்றும் அசைவ உணவுகளை தனித்தனியாக பிரித்து வைக்க வேண்டும். சுத்தமான, சுகாதாரமான குடிநீரை நீங்கள் உறுதி செய்துக் கொள்ள வேண்டும்.
சட்டம் குறித்து அச்சம் தேவை இல்லை. அதே நேரத்தில், உற்பத்தியாளர்கள், வர்த்தகர்கள், சில்லரை வியாபாரம் செய்வோர் என அனைத்து தரப்பினரும் சுகாதார முறைகளை கண்டிப்பாக கடைபிடிக்க வேண்டும். இதில், எந்த சமரசத்துக்கும் இடம் இல்லை.
இவ்வாறு, உணவு பாதுகாப்பு கமிஷனர் குமார் ஜெயந்த் பேசினார்.
"கிருஷ்ணா ஸ்வீட்ஸ்' நிர்வாக இயக்குனர் கிருஷ்ணன், "அன்னபூர்ணா ஓட்டல்' நிர்வாக இயக்குனர் சீனிவாசன், "சுகுணா பவுல்ட்ரி' நிர்வாக இயக்குனர் சுந்தரராஜன், நடமாடும் உணவு வர்த்தகர்கள் சங்க தலைவர் கருப்பையா உட்பட பலர் பங்கேற்றனர்.
இதுவரை 20,000 லைசென்ஸ்
தமிழக உணவு பாதுகாப்பு கூடுதல் கமிஷனர் டாக்டர் ஜெயகுமார் பேசுகையில், ""முதலில் இருந்த சட்டத்தின்படி, உணவுப் பொருட்களில் கலப்படம் தடுப்பதற்கு முக்கியத்துவம் அளிக்கப்பட்டிருந்தது.
தற்போதைய உணவு பாதுகாப்பு சட்டம், உணவின் தரத்தை நுகர்வோருக்கு உறுதி அளிக்கும் விதத்தில் அமலுக்கு வந்துள்ளது.
கடந்த ஓராண்டு காலத்தில் பதிவு செய்தல், உரிமம் வழங்குதல் உள்ளிட்ட பணிகள் நடந்து வருகின்றன. தமிழகத்தில் இதுவரை 1.56
லட்சம் பேர் பதிவு செய்துள்ளனர். 20 ஆயிரம் உரிமங்கள் வழங்கப்பட்டுள்ளன,'' என்றார்.
Dec 23, 2012
Better watch out, FDA tells city bars
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) department wants to ensure bars are following safety standards and not selling spurious liquors
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) department has decided to conduct strict checks at city bars on New Years Eve this year. They will look out for proper hygiene standards as per the Food and Safety Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) law.This is the first time that the officers will enter the premises of city bars to collect liquor samples since the FSSAI Act, which placed liquors under FDA’s jurisdiction, came into place last year.
Meanwhile, the liquor lobby, which requires double licenses (both from the excise department as well as the FDA) after the Act, has been warring against the FDA ever since the Act came into place.
Suresh Deshmukh, joint commissioner food, warns, “This New Year’s Eve, when the city is all set to groove, we might make a surprise visit and check these venues to see if FSSAI standards are being followed. Not only this, we are also planning to collect liquor samples from country liquor bars and others to see that no spurious liquor is served. The test of these liquor samples will be done on priority basis.”
Deshmukh added that if anyone is found guilty, the officials would revoke their FDA license. “Maintaining hygiene levels and serving the right quality of drinks is important. If they are found guilty, appropriate action will be taken. People cannot take law into their own hands,” asserted Deshmukh.
FDA have set up a special squad for New Year’s Eve which will look out for any such violation. “We request people to get their licenses in place. If not, the owners will have to face the music,” he added.
State no-show at licence mela
Dec 22: A daylong workshop-cum-licensing mela organised at Ranchi today turned out to be a dud as no officials from the state government turned up at the Federation of Jharkhand Chamber of Commerce and Industries (FJCCI) auditorium, the venue for the event.
Though the event, which was
supposed to give on-spot registration to the traders, had been
advertised through newspapers, state food controller T.P. Barnwal claimed that they had not been intimated about the event and hence were technically not supposed to be a part of it.
"We should have been informed officially if the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSI) ' which held the mela ' wanted our presence there," Barnwal said.
S.N. Mitra, senior inspecting
officer of Calcutta-based FSSI , which is the Centre's nodal agency for
quality control and monitoring, held the mela today to brief the traders
about the guidelines they needed to adhere to for licensing and
registration of food business operations as made mandatory by the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006.
As per the Act, all companies,
vendors, hawkers or transporters involved in the food business had to
get their license or registration by February 4, 2013.
However, a major bone of contention among the traders has been the non-or-slow process of registration.
"The state has to issue close to
3lakh licenses. It has barely issued 3,000 till date," said Pradeep
Jain, secretary-general of FJCCI.
He added that the state government was not even equipped with proper labs to check the quality of food products.
மாநிலம் முழுவதும் லேபிள் இல்லா உணவு பண்டங்கள் பறிமுதல்
சேலம், டிச.23:
உணவு
பொருட்களின் மீது முழு விவரம் அடங்கிய உரிய லேபிள் இல்லாவிட்டால், வரும்
பிப்ரவரி 4ம் தேதி முதல் அந்த உணவு பொருள் பறிமுதல் செய்யப்படும் என தமிழக
அரசு அறிவித்துள்ளது.
இந்தியா முழுவதும்
உணவு பாதுகாப்பு மற்றும் தர நிர்ணயச் சட்டம்&2006 கடந்த ஆண்டு ஆகஸ்ட்
5ம் தேதி அமலுக்கு வந்தது. இந்த சட்டத்தின்படி பாதுகாக்கப்பட்ட தரமான உணவு
பொருட்களை மட்டுமே வணிகர்கள், வியாபாரிகள் விற்பனை செய்ய வேண்டும் என அரசு
வலியுறுத்தி வருகிறது. இது தொடர்பாகவும், அச்சட்டத்தின் சாராம்சங்கள்
குறித்தும் வணிகர்களுக்கு உணவு பாதுகாப்பு துறை மூலம் அரசு விழிப்புணர்வு
நிகழ்ச்சிகளை நடத்தி வருகிறது.
தமிழகத்தில்
தமிழ்நாடு உணவு பாதுகாப்புத்துறை அலுவலர்கள் ஒவ்வொரு மாவட்டத்திலும் உணவு
பொருட்களின் தரம் குறித்து வணிகர்கள், ஹோட்டல் அதிபர்கள், வியாபாரிகளுக்கு
விளக்கம் அளித்து வருகின்றனர். மேலும் அவ்வப்போது பல்வேறு பகுதிகளில்
இருக்கும் உணவகங்களில் சோதனையிட்ட உணவு பொருட்களின் தரம் குறித்து ஆய்வு
நடத்தி வருகின்றனர்.
இந்நிலையில் உணவு
பொருட்களை தயாரித்து பொட்டலம் போடுபவர்கள், உணவு பொருள் பாதுகாப்பு மற்றும்
தர நிர்ணயச் சட்டத்தின் விதிமுறைகளை கண்டிப்பாக கடைபிடிக்க வேண்டும் என
உத்தரவு வழங்கப்பட்டுள்ளது.
இதன்படி
முறுக்கு, சீடை, மிக்சர், சிப்ஸ், குடல் அப்பளம், கார வகைகள், வறுக்கி,
பிஸ்கட், கேக்குகள், பன்கள், பிரட்டுகள், மிட்டாய் உள்ளிட்ட இனிப்பு
வகைகள், ஜாம், ஊறுகாய் வகைகளை தயாரித்து பொட்டலம் போடும் போது, அதன்மீது
அந்த உணவு பொருட்களின் முழு விவரம் அடங்கிய லேபிள் இருக்க வேண்டும்.
உணவின்
பெயர், தயாரிக்கப்பட்ட தேதி, காலாவதியாகும் தேதி, லாட் நம்பர் அல்லது பேஸ்
நம்பர், எடை அளவு, தயாரிப்பு முழு முகவரி மற்றும் தொலைபேசி எண், சைவ உணவாக
இருந்தால் சிம்பல், விலை (எம்ஆர்பி) ஆகிய 8 விவரம் அந்த பொட்டலத்தின் மீது
உரிய பேக்கேஜிங் மற்றும் லேபிலிங் இருக்க வேண்டும். பேனா மையினால் கையில்
எழுதி லேபிள் தயாரித்து ஒட்டக்கூடாது.
மகளிர்
சுய உதவிக்குழுக்கள் மூலம் தயாரித்து விற்பனை செய்யப்படும் உணவு
பொருட்களிலும் இந்த லேபிள் இருக்க வேண்டும். இவ்வாறு உரிய லேபிள் இல்லாத
உணவு பொருட்கள் விற்பனை செய்யப்பட்டால் வரும் பிப்ரவரி 4ம் தேதி முதல்
பறிமுதல் செய்யப்படும் என அரசு அறிவித்துள்ளது.
இதுதொடர்பாக
சேலம் மாவட்ட உணவு பாதுகாப்புத்துறை நியமன அலுவலர் அனுராதா கூறுகையில்,
உணவு பொருட்கள் அனைத்தும் பாதுகாப்பானதாக இருக்க வேண்டும் என்பதில் அரசு
உறுதியாக உள்ளது. தரமற்ற உணவு பொருட்களை தடை செய்ய முடியாத நிலை
இருக்கிறது. அதனால் இந்த உரிய லேபிள் ஒட்டப்படும் முறை வந்துவிட்டால்,
தரமற்ற உணவு பொருட்களை கண்டறிந்து அதன் மீதும், அதனை தயாரிக்கும்
உரிமையாளர் மீதும் சட்டப்படி நடவடிக்கை எடுக்க முடியும்.
வரும்
பிப்ரவரி 4ம் தேதிக்குள் அனைத்து உணவு பொருள் தயாரிப்பாளர்களும் லைசென்ஸ்
பெற வேண்டும் என உத்தரவிடப்பட்டுள்ளது. அது நடந்து முடிந்துவிட்டால்
எல்லாம் சரியாகிவிடும்.
இனி வரும் பிப்ரவரி
4ம் தேதிக்கு பின் அனைத்து கடைகளிலும் சோதனையிட்டு லேபிள் இல்லாத உணவு
பொருட்களை பறிமுதல் செய்ய உள்ளோம். அதனை தயாரித்தவர்கள் மீது உரிய சட்ட
நடவடிக்கை எடுக்கவுள்ளோம்,” என்றார்.
32 food inspectors from civic bodies to join FDA
PUNE: As many as 32 of the
59 food inspectors working with municipal corporations and municipal
councils have consented to join the state food and drugs department.
The move will add to the current strength of the Food and Drugs Administration (FDA) and is expected to help consolidate efforts to conduct raids and seizures to check adulteration, prevent illegal sale of gutka and grant/renew registration/licences to food business operators on a continuous basis. Staff crunch has been one of the prominent issues plaguing the department for quite some time now.
"Of the 32 food inspectors who have consented to switch over to the FDA, five are from Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation and four from the Pune Municipal Corporation. These officials will be absorbed into the FDA, Pune," said Shashikant Kekare, joint commissioner (food), FDA, Pune.
Replacing the Prevention of Food Adulteration Act 1954 and other seven rules/orders, the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006, and Rules and Regulations 2011 came into force across the country from August 5, 2011. In view of the staff crunch vis-a-vis implementation of the new act, the state's urban development department recently extended in-principle sanction to shift food officials with civic bodies who are ready to join the FDA.
"The process to get the 32 officials merged with the respective FDA offices is currently on. Most have started carrying out the responsibilities assigned to them by their department heads from the FDA," said Shivaji Desai, assistant commissioner (food), FDA.
The 32 officials will be upgraded as grade B officials from their current grade C service rank. "But like all state officials, they will have to be ready for transfers," Kekare said.
The FDA Pune currently has 14 food safety officials (FSO) to oversee the food safety and standards related work in the district. The strength now will go up to 23. "Absorption of nine officials will strengthen our force and help us carry out routine work like taking food samples and carrying out inspections, granting or renewing licences of food business operators and keeping watch on sale of gutka," Desai said.
The implementation of food safety norms are set to get tougher in the district from this month onwards. A district level advisory committee has been formed under the district collector to assist the FDA officials in effective implementation of the norms.
The committee will meet once every month to evaluate glitches and churn out solution to ensure 100% implementation of the food safety norms as envisioned in the act.
The move will add to the current strength of the Food and Drugs Administration (FDA) and is expected to help consolidate efforts to conduct raids and seizures to check adulteration, prevent illegal sale of gutka and grant/renew registration/licences to food business operators on a continuous basis. Staff crunch has been one of the prominent issues plaguing the department for quite some time now.
"Of the 32 food inspectors who have consented to switch over to the FDA, five are from Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation and four from the Pune Municipal Corporation. These officials will be absorbed into the FDA, Pune," said Shashikant Kekare, joint commissioner (food), FDA, Pune.
Replacing the Prevention of Food Adulteration Act 1954 and other seven rules/orders, the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006, and Rules and Regulations 2011 came into force across the country from August 5, 2011. In view of the staff crunch vis-a-vis implementation of the new act, the state's urban development department recently extended in-principle sanction to shift food officials with civic bodies who are ready to join the FDA.
"The process to get the 32 officials merged with the respective FDA offices is currently on. Most have started carrying out the responsibilities assigned to them by their department heads from the FDA," said Shivaji Desai, assistant commissioner (food), FDA.
The 32 officials will be upgraded as grade B officials from their current grade C service rank. "But like all state officials, they will have to be ready for transfers," Kekare said.
The FDA Pune currently has 14 food safety officials (FSO) to oversee the food safety and standards related work in the district. The strength now will go up to 23. "Absorption of nine officials will strengthen our force and help us carry out routine work like taking food samples and carrying out inspections, granting or renewing licences of food business operators and keeping watch on sale of gutka," Desai said.
The implementation of food safety norms are set to get tougher in the district from this month onwards. A district level advisory committee has been formed under the district collector to assist the FDA officials in effective implementation of the norms.
The committee will meet once every month to evaluate glitches and churn out solution to ensure 100% implementation of the food safety norms as envisioned in the act.
Dec 22, 2012
Food Safety
Some bigwigs at the Srinagar Municipal Corporation obviously deem themselves beholden to powerful politicians representing lobbies and mafias rather than responsible for citizens and the interests of their well-being. In at least a couple of incidents in recent months, food inspection teams have been upbraided for imposing fines on commercial establishments with political connections. A prominent and high-profile hotel, found stocking large quantities of stale and mouldy food items, got off the hook, perhaps by a single telephone call to some minister, and the inspection team did not know what hit it, its members left ruing the day they decided to do their duty conscientiously. These were matters which made it to the public ken, inevitably through the media. There is no guessing what other nefarious goings-on characterise the working of the SMC which had been turned into a money-minting machine - in addition to selectively overlooking massive food adulteration in lieu of monetary gratification at the highest levels - due to its authority to permit and sanction constructions big and small. Though it is not relevant to the subject at hand, the massive violations of the so-called Srinagar Master Plan, serve as an indicator of how deeply some top figures in the Municipality are in league and nexus with the politician-and-ill-gotten-big-money syndicates. Such lucrative enterprises and postings cannot sustain unless their murky proceeds are channelized to the very top of the political and the bureaucratic spectrum.
In the most recent case indicating how food safety offenders have protection from the highest levels of the government, special inspection teams set up in distress by the SMC health officer have been grounded by the joint commissioner of the municipality on the pretext that the health officer had stepped beyond jurisdiction. That the health officer in question had felt compelled to set up another squad within one month of a previous one being shut down speaks, on the one hand, of the magnitude of the food safety crisis in the city, and on the other, of the ineffectualness of the SMCs conventional mechanisms and their compromised nature. The same health officer had to go through a harrowing time at the hands of an individual at the very top of the state’s political executive for initiating action against a dairy producer marketing sub-standard milk. Earlier this year, a damning central report revealed that over seventy per cent of Kashmir’s milk supply was heavily adulterated. After weeks of foaming at the mouth about ”taking serious note” of the issue and “taking strict action” against those found responsible, the government finally came out with the big news that it would approach the central agency for the identities of the adulterating dairy companies. (This was precisely timed with arguments appearing in these columns that instead of its mendacious hemming-and-hawing, the government should take such a step, and rather, should have taken it just when the report surfaced.) Since then nothing has been heard, either from the government, or from the section of the media it used to peddle its lies, about the identities of the adulterating companies or action taken against them. Need one say more?
Provisions of Food Safety Act not being adhered
| NL Correspondent
Jammu, Dec. 21: Though the High Court had directed the state government and civil authorities to submit regular about the quality of food being served to the people by restaurants and eating joints, but it is not being adhered properly. It has already been decided to put ban on the issuance or renewal of the licence without production of the fitness certificate to ensure that the these food sellers, regardless of the safety precautions they take at work, undergo a mandatory medical examination for ratifying their physical fitness in order to pursue their trade. Government of India's Food Act 2006 stipulates that hygiene should be given priority when food is served to the people. Numbers of applications were presently pending with the authorities due to lack of the required certificate. Samples has to be collected from small retailer, road side food vendors, hawkers, stall holders, cottage industries relating to food business, meat/mutton/poultry business operators with the slaughtering capacity of two larger animals or 10 small animals or 50 poultry birds per day. Now the Drug and Food Control Organisation has directed all the agencies to submit the reports before it within two days so that the same could be submitted to the High Court. Court had passed the direction after a PIL filed by social activists. It is pertinent to mention here that people who come under direct contact with food have to demonstrate "fitness for work" certificate following concern shown by the many NGOs and government agencies that people are getting low quality and unhygienic food in the city. When contacted Commissioner of Food Safety (Jammu), Satish Gupta said that they have directed all the concerned agencies to submit their details and reports prepared immediately. "We have directed all civic agencies not to delay submission of reports further and they should adhere to the norms", Gupta said. As per Commissioner Food Safety, all food business operators were directed to renew their existing licenses, registration granted under the repealed Food Act/Order under the Food Safety & Standards Act, 2006 and Food Safety & Standards (Licensing & Regulation of Food Business) Regulations, 2011. | ||
Dec 21, 2012
Tea Board asks NIN to analyze iron filings in tea
India’s
National Institute of Nutrition (NIN) is conducting toxicology studies
to determine to what extent iron filings present in tea powder are
harmful to human health, according to an industry body.
The
country’s food safety and standards regulator, after consultations with
the Health Ministry and the Tea Board, has capped the maximum limit for
iron particles in tea powder at 150mg per kilogram, for now.
Worldover, permissible levels for iron filings in tea ranges between 120mg/kg and 500mg/kg, a recent Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) media release stated.
The NIN report, expected a year from now, will help the industry in better determining the permissible level of iron filings in tea powder, said Mohan Kumar, director, Tea Research Institute, The United Planters’ Association of Southern India (UPASI).
CTC tea powder is bound to have some iron filings in it because of the “nature of the manufacturing process,” Kumar said.
“Tea leaves are withered in a sieve fitted with a mesh and leaves are cut using rollers. Facotries use magnets to remove iron filings from tea powder, but some iron particles will remain,” Kumar said.
The Tea Board has sanctioned around Rs.25 lakh to the NIN for the toxicology studies, Kumar said.
Tea makers operating within the ‘prescribed limit’ of 150 mg of iron filings per kilogram of tea cannot be prosecuted till November 23, 2013, the FSSAI media release stated.
The National Institute of Nutrition is located in Hyderabad. India is the second largest producer of tea, after China.
Worldover, permissible levels for iron filings in tea ranges between 120mg/kg and 500mg/kg, a recent Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) media release stated.
The NIN report, expected a year from now, will help the industry in better determining the permissible level of iron filings in tea powder, said Mohan Kumar, director, Tea Research Institute, The United Planters’ Association of Southern India (UPASI).
CTC tea powder is bound to have some iron filings in it because of the “nature of the manufacturing process,” Kumar said.
“Tea leaves are withered in a sieve fitted with a mesh and leaves are cut using rollers. Facotries use magnets to remove iron filings from tea powder, but some iron particles will remain,” Kumar said.
The Tea Board has sanctioned around Rs.25 lakh to the NIN for the toxicology studies, Kumar said.
Tea makers operating within the ‘prescribed limit’ of 150 mg of iron filings per kilogram of tea cannot be prosecuted till November 23, 2013, the FSSAI media release stated.
The National Institute of Nutrition is located in Hyderabad. India is the second largest producer of tea, after China.
Quality issue in warehoused pepper
The Kerala unit of the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India
(FSSAI) has sealed the entire quantity of pepper stored in six
warehouses at Kochi, Kerala, about 5,000 tonnes worth Rs 18 crore, after
saying it found traces of mineral oil in the stock. The warehouses were
accredited by the National Commodity & Derivatives Exchange
(NCDEX).
FSSAI acted on complaints by a couple of participants in the exchanges. Said an FSSAI official from Kochi, “We have sent the sample of pepper to the laboratory and the report is awaited. We have asked the warehouse keepers not to engage in any trading without our permission.” Chillies and other spices stocked in these godowns have also been blocked for delivery.
Used to improve pepper’s appearance, mineral oil’s use here is prohibited globally. Tasteless and odourless, it is used in baby lotions, cold creams, ointments and cosmetics. Following the global norm, the Indian government has prohibited its use in food articles.
FSSAI acted on complaints by a couple of participants in the exchanges. Said an FSSAI official from Kochi, “We have sent the sample of pepper to the laboratory and the report is awaited. We have asked the warehouse keepers not to engage in any trading without our permission.” Chillies and other spices stocked in these godowns have also been blocked for delivery.
Used to improve pepper’s appearance, mineral oil’s use here is prohibited globally. Tasteless and odourless, it is used in baby lotions, cold creams, ointments and cosmetics. Following the global norm, the Indian government has prohibited its use in food articles.
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“The exchange has sent its officials to look into the matter. We are in touch with FSSAI for further course of action,” said an NCDEX official.
Late last month, FMC investigated the issue on complaints by a Mumbai–based commodity manufacturer and trader. Its officials inspected and found the pepper stored in these warehouses conforming to the quality specified in the contract specification. Hence, the regulator gave a clean chit.
An
FMC official said, “The complaint lodged with us was primarily with
regard to high moisture content and light berries in the product. We
found no truth in this complaint. Apparently, the complainant is sitting
with high stocks, which it bought at very high prices. Since, the price
has crashed since then, the complainant is furious.”Pepper prices have fallen around 15 per cent in the past three months, to trade at Rs 35,450 a quintal today for delivery in February 2013 on the NCDEX, from Rs 41,500 a qtl on September 20.
Ramesh Abhishek, the chairman of FMC, said, “The mineral oil issue has been raised for the first time. We would look into all standards set by various agencies, including FSSAI and other statutory bodies, and take a view soon.”
Traders fear no delivery of pepper on the NCDEX platform, as the exchange does not have any in any other warehouse.
Centre-state divided over grub trade permit
The (kitchen) knives are out between the Centre and the state government over issuing licence/registration to food businesses in Jharkhand.
According to the Food Safety and Standards Act (2006), any company/vendor/hawker/
The Centre's nodal agency for quality control and monitoring ' the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) ' has decided to host a daylong camp on FJCCI premises in Ranchi on Saturday (December 22) for spot submission of forms.
The FSSAI even published an advertisement in this regard on Thursday.
However, the state food control department ' authorised to issue licence/registration in Jharkhand ' claims it has no knowledge of any such camp and will not entertain requests for permits on the said occasion.
"We don't have any intimation from the Centre. We should have been informed officially. I came to know through newspapers as you did. Since we were not, we are not technically involved with the camp," state food controller T.P. Burnwal said.
Admitting that licensing and registration was necessary for quality control of food being sold in the market, Burnwal claimed his department had already started doing so over a month ago. "Till November 21, we approximately registered 2,035 firms and issued around 803 licences. We will continue with our business and are not concerned with the camp," he added.
Manoj Naredi ' the former FJCCI president who has been made nodal officer by FSSAI to facilitate the licensing process ' said he was not sure what the state's gripe was.
"The camp is happening and it has been divided into two parts. The first half will generate awareness, while the latter will invite requests for spot registration/licence. The authority for final issuance, however, lies with the state if the business is small and with the Centre if it is big. The jobs are defined and we fail to understand why the state department should have a problem," he added.
Those in the know claim the sole reason why the department is unhappy is that the FSSAI roping in FJCCI blocks the commission bounty.
"Hefty sums are involved as officials extort food vendors in the name of issuing licence/registration. That is where the itch is. With the FJCCI involved, food inspectors and other officials may not get a chance to interact with independent vendors directly," said a trader, requesting anonymity.
The normal rate of acquiring licence/registration depends on the turnover.
For vendors, cart owners, food manufacturer, retail outlet owners, transporters, et al, whose annual turnover is less than Rs 12 lakh, the registration fee is a paltry Rs 100.
The cost of licence for small traders (turnover between Rs 12 lakh and Rs 25 lakh) is Rs 2,000. Big traders pay Rs 3,000, while manufacturers (Rs 25 lakh and above) cough up Rs 5,000. Giant firms, which manufacture and also maintain depot/stocks under the same brand name, are required to fork out Rs 7,500.
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