Consumer organisations are disappointed over the extension of deadline by the Food Safety and Standard Authority of India for food business operators (FBOs) to obtain registration or licence under the Food Safety and Standards Act, according to president of Indian Consumer Rights Foundation A. Sankar.
He told The Hindu here on Wednesday that the deadline was first extended for six months until August 2012; then for 12 months till August 4 in 2013; for another six months up to February 4, 2014 and thereafter for one year up to February 4, 2015. It had been extended for six more months.
This unending deadline to register or to obtain licence by FBOs had compelled the consumer organisations to believe that this was done to send a message that State governments can be lenient in implementation of FSSA. Hence, the consumer organisations wanted the authorities concerned to direct the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India not to further extend the deadline for obtaining registration or licence.
District Designated FSSA Officer M. Jegadis Chandrabose said that out of 17, 659 FBOs, including 3, 963 government enterprises and 13, 696 private operators in the district, registration certificates had so far been provided to 7, 497 operators and licences to 542 operators. Since the deadline had been extended up to August 4, the officials were not forcing the operators, Dr. Chandrabose said.
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