The government has constituted a steering committee, with the Chief Secretary as the chairman, for the implementation of the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006, in the State.
This follows a directive from the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India.
The Secretary, Health and Family Welfare, will be the vice-chairman and the Commissioner of Food Safety the convener and member-secretary of the panel.
The members of the steering committee include the Secretaries of the departments of Law and Local Self-government; Directors of the departments of Dairy Development, Animal Husbandry, Agriculture, Tourism, Fisheries, and Social Justice; General Manager of the Food Corporation of India; and the MD of the KWA. The person holding charge of the Head of Food Safety and Standards Authority of India, Chennai region, will be the regional head in the committee.
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