Companies importing food supplements were already upset with the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India over its recent order, applying an international standard on imported food items. The order is said to have caused a pile-up at the ports because many consignments do not adhere to those standards. Now, the head of a parliamentary panel has also found fault with the order. Brajesh Pathak, BSP MP and chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Health Ministry, has written to the Health Ministry, saying that the order was issued without going through the 'parliamentary process' and without taking stakeholders into confidence. Pathak has demanded a review of the order because this was likely to adversely affect the domestic food industry. Last heard, the Health Ministry is preparing a detailed rebuttal to Pathak's letter.
May 23, 2013
Food Order
Companies importing food supplements were already upset with the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India over its recent order, applying an international standard on imported food items. The order is said to have caused a pile-up at the ports because many consignments do not adhere to those standards. Now, the head of a parliamentary panel has also found fault with the order. Brajesh Pathak, BSP MP and chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Health Ministry, has written to the Health Ministry, saying that the order was issued without going through the 'parliamentary process' and without taking stakeholders into confidence. Pathak has demanded a review of the order because this was likely to adversely affect the domestic food industry. Last heard, the Health Ministry is preparing a detailed rebuttal to Pathak's letter.
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