PANAJI: After the food safety and standards authority of India (FSSAI) failed to submit its report specifying standards regarding naturally-occurring formalin in different species of fish, the high court of Bombay at Goa directed the central authority to file its report by November 28.
The FSSAI did not request a time-extension to submit the report either.
“If the report is not being filed by the said date, then the executive officer of FSSAI is to remain present in this court personally along with all records to indicate the steps taken in this matter and the reasons for non-compliance. There is a batch of public interest litigations on the issue and from time to time, these matters are required to be adjourned only because of the FSSAI report,” the division bench comprising justices Mahesh Sonak and C V Bhadang stated.
In its October 2018 order, the court had directed FSSAI to specify standards in the context of issue of presence of formalin in fish. The court was informed that the exercise would involve consultations with experts and as a result “had deliberately granted sufficient time to FSSAI” for this purpose.
The report was expected to be filed within six months.
On August 28,the court noted the statement of the counsel representing FSSAI that the report would be filed within four weeks. “This time period expired on 28.09.2019. However, neither is any extension applied for, nor is any report filed,” the court observed in its latest order.
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