Chandigarh, December 12- Food Safety and Standard Act-2006 would be effectively implemented in district Sirsa of Haryana and under this Act, apart from registering all milk sellers, they would also be issued licenses.
While stating this here today, an official spokesman said that under the act, the license would be issued to milk sellers selling above 500 liters of milk. For getting registered, the milk sellers would have to pay annual fee of Rs 100 each and for getting license, they would have to pay annual fee of Rs 3000 each, he added.
He said that under the act strict action would be taken against those indulged in the business of milk without registration and license. Effective measures would be taken to put a check on the selling of adulterated milk. He said samples of milk would be collected from various place and checked in laboratories and in case impurities would be found, cases against the sellers would be registered in courts. He said that for those found guilty, there is a provision of imprisonment of six months to three years and fine of Rs five lakh.
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