PUNE: The Food and Drugs Administration (FDA) officials have recovered Rs 17.82 lakh as penalty from food business operators for filing their annual returns late.
FDA had earlier directed licenced food business operators with an annual turnover of Rs 12 lakh and above to submit their annual returns by May 31, failing which a fine of Rs 100 a day would be levied.
For the first time, food business operators have been asked to submit annual returns of their transactions made between April 1, 2012 and March 31, 2013, since the new Food Safety and Standards Act came into force in August 2011.
"So far, we have collected fine to the tune of Rs 17.82 lakh from food business operators who failed to submit their annual returns in the prescribed format by May 31 this year," said Shahshikant Kekare, joint commissioner (food), FDA Pune The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI), the national food regulatory body, has exempted traders, restaurateurs and distributors from filing annual returns. Only food manufacturers, packers, re-packers, labellers and re-labellers come under the purview of filing the annual returns.
There are over 9,000 licensed food business operators in the city with an annual turnover of Rs 12 lakh and above. They include food manufacturers, distributors, wholesalers, retailers, recyclers, processors, transporters, restaurants, hotels and catering business operators.
As per the Food Safety and Standards Act and Regulations 2011 (licensing and registration), the business operators have to submit the returns in the particular format (form D-1).
FDA had earlier directed licenced food business operators with an annual turnover of Rs 12 lakh and above to submit their annual returns by May 31, failing which a fine of Rs 100 a day would be levied.
For the first time, food business operators have been asked to submit annual returns of their transactions made between April 1, 2012 and March 31, 2013, since the new Food Safety and Standards Act came into force in August 2011.
"So far, we have collected fine to the tune of Rs 17.82 lakh from food business operators who failed to submit their annual returns in the prescribed format by May 31 this year," said Shahshikant Kekare, joint commissioner (food), FDA Pune The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI), the national food regulatory body, has exempted traders, restaurateurs and distributors from filing annual returns. Only food manufacturers, packers, re-packers, labellers and re-labellers come under the purview of filing the annual returns.
There are over 9,000 licensed food business operators in the city with an annual turnover of Rs 12 lakh and above. They include food manufacturers, distributors, wholesalers, retailers, recyclers, processors, transporters, restaurants, hotels and catering business operators.
As per the Food Safety and Standards Act and Regulations 2011 (licensing and registration), the business operators have to submit the returns in the particular format (form D-1).
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