Panaji: Consumers will be alerted about the best practices to be followed in food preparation to avoid adulteration and contamination during a month-long awareness drive on consumer rights and responsibilities.
Consumers will be educated about the contents of packaged food and street food by giving special attention to ingredients used. Goa Consumer Action Network’s campaign ‘Consume with care’ will also cover the rights of consumers under the Consumer Protection Act, 1986, the Standards of Weights & Measures (Packaged Commodities) Rules, 1977, the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006 and the Bureau of Indian Standards Act, 2016.
Special efforts will made to alert consumers purchasing milk, edible oils and packaged drinking water to acquaint themselves with the Packaged Commodities Rules and guidelines of the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) with regards to possible labeling violations.
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