Govt to streamline product approval in food manufacturing
Updated: Jan 20, 2015 04:47:13pm
New Delhi, Jan 20 (KNN) Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare, J P Nadda said that the Ministry along with the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) is working to streamline the process for time-bound approval of food products.
“This will not only clear the approval of several pending proposals for food products but will also give the much needed push to the domestic food processing industry, while not compromising with quality and safety of the food products,” the Health Minister noted.
In order to ensure that food that is consumed is safe, healthy and wholesome, and the manufacturing process adheres to standards and procedures under the mandate of the Food Safety and Standard Authority (FSSA) Act 2006, the Health Minister held a review meeting, here recently, according to an official release.
During the meeting, Nadda stressed the need to have safe and wholesome food, and local manufacturing of food products under the ‘Make in India’ campaign.
Further, various issues pertaining to regulation under the FSSAI Act 2006 were discussed at the meeting, including the mechanism for ‘product approval’.
Other presents at the meeting were stakeholders from the food processing industries; Secretary, Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion; Secretary, Department of Food Processing; Chairman and CEO, Food Safety and Standard Authority of India (FSSAI), and officials of the Department of Health and Family Welfare. (KNN/ES)
“This will not only clear the approval of several pending proposals for food products but will also give the much needed push to the domestic food processing industry, while not compromising with quality and safety of the food products,” the Health Minister noted.
In order to ensure that food that is consumed is safe, healthy and wholesome, and the manufacturing process adheres to standards and procedures under the mandate of the Food Safety and Standard Authority (FSSA) Act 2006, the Health Minister held a review meeting, here recently, according to an official release.
During the meeting, Nadda stressed the need to have safe and wholesome food, and local manufacturing of food products under the ‘Make in India’ campaign.
Further, various issues pertaining to regulation under the FSSAI Act 2006 were discussed at the meeting, including the mechanism for ‘product approval’.
Other presents at the meeting were stakeholders from the food processing industries; Secretary, Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion; Secretary, Department of Food Processing; Chairman and CEO, Food Safety and Standard Authority of India (FSSAI), and officials of the Department of Health and Family Welfare. (KNN/ES)
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