The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) is ready to help the industry and find solutions but of course under the ambit of the Food Safety and Standards Act asserted K Chandramouli, chairperson, FSSAI, at a seminar on Food Safety Regulations in India organised by PHD Chamber in the capital on Tuesday.
He added that a collaborative approach needed to be adopted for implementation of the Act. Implementation is a huge challenge and multi-sectoral synergies are needed to penetrate it to the smallest Food Business Operator (FBO).
He stated that FSSAI was trying to setup a system in order to improve the efficiency and get better implementation as per the Act.
He said, “With the passage of time, the regulation will keep on tightening which will include transportation, packaging, warehousing etc. He said that implementation has to be carried out with proper system in place and with the help of state government. He finally said that periodic meeting and interactions can be organised in order to improve the system.”
B N Dixit, director (legal metrology), ministry of consumer affairs, said that already they had amended the packaged commodity rules. The industry definitely needs to abide by them.
Sharad Jaipuria, senior VP, PHD Chamber, in his welcome address emphasised, “Despite producing and processing food, one of the prime responsibility that lies with the processors is to produce safe and healthy food. The policy-makers’ task is to make and implement laws and regulations that may enable production of safe food. Also with innovative products like nutraceuticals, functional foods etc., the regulations need to be in place.”
N M Kejriwal, chairman, agribusiness committee, PHD Chamber, during his theme presentation emphasised on the major problems that were being faced by the industry like licensing, labelling and product approval.
He added that a collaborative approach needed to be adopted for implementation of the Act. Implementation is a huge challenge and multi-sectoral synergies are needed to penetrate it to the smallest Food Business Operator (FBO).
He stated that FSSAI was trying to setup a system in order to improve the efficiency and get better implementation as per the Act.
He said, “With the passage of time, the regulation will keep on tightening which will include transportation, packaging, warehousing etc. He said that implementation has to be carried out with proper system in place and with the help of state government. He finally said that periodic meeting and interactions can be organised in order to improve the system.”
B N Dixit, director (legal metrology), ministry of consumer affairs, said that already they had amended the packaged commodity rules. The industry definitely needs to abide by them.
Sharad Jaipuria, senior VP, PHD Chamber, in his welcome address emphasised, “Despite producing and processing food, one of the prime responsibility that lies with the processors is to produce safe and healthy food. The policy-makers’ task is to make and implement laws and regulations that may enable production of safe food. Also with innovative products like nutraceuticals, functional foods etc., the regulations need to be in place.”
N M Kejriwal, chairman, agribusiness committee, PHD Chamber, during his theme presentation emphasised on the major problems that were being faced by the industry like licensing, labelling and product approval.
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