The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI), the nodal agency for regulating manufacture, storage, distribution, sale and import of articles of food, has reported that as per information received from some of the State/UT Governments, no incidence of food poisoning has been detected / reported except one case each in Kerala and Uttar Pradesh. In these cases the prosecutions have been launched
On the request of various stakeholders and associations, the Government has extended the timeline upto 4th August 2014 for all the Food Business Operators including hoteliers and restaurants seeking conversion/renewal of existing license / registration.
The implementation and enforcement of Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006 rests with State/UTs Government. Random Samples of food items are being drawn by the State Food Safety officers and sent to the laboratories recognized by FSSAI for analysis. In case where samples are found to be not conforming to the provisions of the Act and the Rules and Regulations made there under, penal action is taken against the offender. This was stated by Shri Ghulam Nabi Azad, Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare in a written reply to the Lok Sabha today.
What about cases of poisoning in Mid Day Meal Centres? No cases are registered as food poisoning , that is the reality .
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