CAIT DEMANDED EXTENSION OF DATE IN FOOD SAFETY ACT

The Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) has demanded the Government to extend last date of obtaining Registration and License under The Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006. The said Act was enforced in the Country on 5th August, 2011 and a one year time was given to the food business operators in the Country to obtain Registration under the new Act and therefore the last date 4th August, 2012 is approaching very fast whereas so far the Government has not able to built required infrastructure. In a communication sent to the Chairman of the Food Safety and Standards Authority, the CAIT has demanded the extension of the date till the infrastructure is made available.

CAIT National President Shri B. C. Bhartia and Secretary General Mr. Praveen Khandelwal said that so far none of the laboratories in public sector are NABL accredited. The online licensing system was introduced to have uniformity, easy accessibility and transparency. Still in many states including Delhi this has not being effectively implemented. Public Laboratories functioning in states requires attention. The up-gradation of public  laboratories is still not up to the mark. It is necessary to have larger network of laboratories which are confirming to minimum standards in public sectors.Training for different category of regulatory staff needs to be looked into since the regulatory staff needs advanced training on the subject.

They further said that the awareness generation amongst food business operators is need of the hour.  This is a new law. Lot of promotional activities need to be organized to make people aware of the essentials of the act, mandatory parameters in starting a food business, clarifications with respect to online and manual licensing and registration system.  Translation of all the material concerning food act in respective regional languages. 

In view of the current situation, the CAIT has demanded the extension in the last date.

For more information please contact CAIT, Secretary General, Mr. Praveen Khandelwal@9891015165