The Tamil Nadu Vanigar Sangankalin Peramaippu has urged the Centre to revoke the Food Safety and Standards Act “as thousands of traders were being adversely affected by its provisions.”
A delegation of the organisation, led by A.M. Vikrama Raja, president, presented a memorandum to this effect to Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare Ghulam Nabi Azad in New Delhi recently, according to Ve. Govindarajalu, treasurer of the organisation.
The organisation said that traders were portrayed as criminals and were liable to heavy penalties and even imprisonment for violation of the provisions of the Act. Small traders and even roadside vendors were affected by the Act. Although the traders’ associations had sought various changes in its provisions, the demand had not been considered so far. Hence, the Act should be revoked. Otherwise, the deadline for obtaining licences (February 3, 2014) should be extended by a year, Mr. Govindarajalu said.
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