Even as the deadline for food traders to register themselves under
the Food Safety and Standards Act (FSA) 2006 ends on February 4, hardly
27 per cent of food traders in the city have registered under the act,
so far.
Dr S Lakshminarayanan, Designated Officer, Tamil Nadu Food Safety and Drug Administration Department, Chennai district, said, of the 22,000 food traders in the city, around 6,000 have registered under the act.
“We would carry out an intensified inspection to identify the defaulters, after the deadline comes to a close. Fine amounting to Rs 100 would be imposed for the numbers of days that the defaulters had failed to register from February 4,” he added.
The Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006 is a statute that integrates eight different existing food laws. Food traders including mobile food vendors, home-based canteens, petty retailers of snacks and tea shops, food stalls, milk producers, dhaba, meat sellers must register themselves under the act, official sources said.
Dr S Lakshminarayanan, Designated Officer, Tamil Nadu Food Safety and Drug Administration Department, Chennai district, said, of the 22,000 food traders in the city, around 6,000 have registered under the act.
“We would carry out an intensified inspection to identify the defaulters, after the deadline comes to a close. Fine amounting to Rs 100 would be imposed for the numbers of days that the defaulters had failed to register from February 4,” he added.
The Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006 is a statute that integrates eight different existing food laws. Food traders including mobile food vendors, home-based canteens, petty retailers of snacks and tea shops, food stalls, milk producers, dhaba, meat sellers must register themselves under the act, official sources said.
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