The delay in appointing qualified food safety officers has been a major hurdle to effective implementation of food safety norms in the State, Kerala Food Technologists Association (KEFTA) has said.
A spokesman for Kefta said on Thursday that though Kerala was the first State to establish a Food Safety Commissionerate to implement the Food Safety and Standard Act (FSSA-2006) there had been delay in appointing food safety officers by Public service Commission (PSC). Other States that established Food Safety Commissionerates after Kerala did it in 2011 had already appointed enough food safety officers to enforce the rules, the KEFTA spokesman said.
As many as 57 posts of food safety officers had been sanctioned in Kerala though these posts had not yet been even notified. The posts were to be filled by professionally qualified candidates.
Food analysts had also not been appointed even on temporary basis in Pampa and other pilgrimage centres, the KEFTA spokesman said, demanding appointment of food safety officers without further delay.
A spokesman for Kefta said on Thursday that though Kerala was the first State to establish a Food Safety Commissionerate to implement the Food Safety and Standard Act (FSSA-2006) there had been delay in appointing food safety officers by Public service Commission (PSC). Other States that established Food Safety Commissionerates after Kerala did it in 2011 had already appointed enough food safety officers to enforce the rules, the KEFTA spokesman said.
As many as 57 posts of food safety officers had been sanctioned in Kerala though these posts had not yet been even notified. The posts were to be filled by professionally qualified candidates.
Food analysts had also not been appointed even on temporary basis in Pampa and other pilgrimage centres, the KEFTA spokesman said, demanding appointment of food safety officers without further delay.
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