Food Safety Act framed to promote 'Packed food' only: CAIT

CAIT National President B. C. Bhartia and Secretary General Praveen Khandelwal have said that the Food Safety Act and its rules have been framed in keeping the interest of foreign companies which will promote 'packed food? in the Country and will prove much detrimental to the interests of existing food business in the Country.

There are many provisions, which is impossible for the domestic food business operators in the Country.CAIT has that under the Act it is provided that any such food business operator which means any institution which either with a profit motive or not , whether public or private engaged in the activities of any type of food including processing, packaging, storage, transportation, import, distribution of food articles or any type of food service will be treated as food business operators are bound to obtain registration and licence from the concerned department.
Both trade leaders said that under the provisions of the Act not only the person engaged in food business or even in any function where food articles are used will be required to obtain registration.
Khandelwal has demanded the Government to re-examine the rules and regulations and a CAIT delegation will soon meet the Minister of Health Gulam Nabi Azad and Chairman, Food Safety and Standards Authority and by presenting a memorandum will demand to constitute a Joint Committee of Senior Officials and Trade representatives to review the rules and regulations.