Indore: The Sakal Anaj Dalhan Tilhan Vyapari Mahasangh Samiti, an association of grain merchants, has urged government to not impose Food Safety and Standards Act 2006 on grains.
They have written to Food Safety and Standards Authority of India in this regard. A delegation of the samiti would meet Union minister of Health and family welfare Harsh Vardhan next month. The samiti president Gopal Das Agrawal said, “Like farmers, traders should also be kept out of the purview of Food Safety and Standards Act. We procure and transport food grains in raw form to manufacturers or processors without any value addition.”
Grain merchants said, the liability of the act should be only on manufacturers and processors because they add value to the food grains that is consumed directly by the consumer.
The samiti general secretary Radheshyam Maheswari said, “When we are not engaged in adding any kind of value to the food grain and procure raw and transport the same in the raw form, why should it be implemented on us.” TNN
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