SATPUR : The Food Safety Standards Authority of India (FSSAI), New Delhi, has recently issued a new ordinance stating amendments in methods of packaging and labelling of products under Food Safety and Standards Act 2006. Accordingly, the license holders will now have to display their license numbers on labels pasted on packaging of their products. These changes will be implemented after the next six months, FSSAI has added.
The Maharashtra Chamber of Commerce, Industry & Agriculture (MACCIA) issued a press note in this regard on Tuesday. It has informed that it will be mandatory for the food merchants and traders to display their license numbers along with weight and price of the product on the packaging material. On this backdrop, FSSAI administration has directed all type of license holders to use all their old pattern labels within the next six months as new label method will be implemented immediately after this tenure.
MACCIA vice-president Santosh Mandlecha has appealed all food traders, merchants, re-packer agencies and other license holders to use all their old labels within the next six months and contact MACCIA office if they have any query about this ordinance.
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