Harsimrat asks FSSAI to give faster clearances to food units
Updated: Jun 10, 2014 03:52:56pm
New Delhi, Jun 10 (KNN) The Food Processing Ministry has asked the Food Safety Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) to device new schemes for setting up small food processing units providing business incubation, training and a processing centre at village level so that farmers’ produce is processed and reaches markets.
The Minister for Food Processing Harsimrat Kaur Badal met the Chairperson of the Food Safety Standards Authority of India Chandramouli here last evening and discussed the problems being faced by the food processing industries in obtaining product approvals.
The Minister raised the issue of long delays being caused by FSSAI in giving product approvals.
The Minister also directed officials of the Food Processing Industries Ministry to devise new schemes to provide last mile delivery to farmers, which include ‘Farm to Shelf’ schemes like setting up mobile processing vans which could reach out to farmers, and setting up small food processing units providing business incubation, training and a processing centre at village level so that farmers’ produce is processed and reaches markets,” according to a press release.
“The Minister asked the industry, CII and FICCI, and financial organizations to contribute in this revolutionary initiative by becoming a part of the drive to reach food processing out to the village level,” the release added.
Badal has met industry chambers on the issue of delays in granting product approvals and sought their suggestions.
The Minister also met Chairman of YES Bank, Rana Kapoor, a pioneering bank having immense practical know-how on food processing industries lending and farmers.
The Food Processing Industries Minister has categorically expressed her priorities for the sector such as - to curb food inflation by boosting food processing; to mitigate post-harvest fruit and vegetable losses; to drive and accelerate food processing industries growth; to de-regulate and simplify governmental systems, processes and clearances that delay food processing projects, causing huge losses to the companies putting up projects; and to review the role of FSSAI regarding long delays in clearing product approvals. (KNN/SD)
The Minister for Food Processing Harsimrat Kaur Badal met the Chairperson of the Food Safety Standards Authority of India Chandramouli here last evening and discussed the problems being faced by the food processing industries in obtaining product approvals.
The Minister raised the issue of long delays being caused by FSSAI in giving product approvals.
The Minister also directed officials of the Food Processing Industries Ministry to devise new schemes to provide last mile delivery to farmers, which include ‘Farm to Shelf’ schemes like setting up mobile processing vans which could reach out to farmers, and setting up small food processing units providing business incubation, training and a processing centre at village level so that farmers’ produce is processed and reaches markets,” according to a press release.
“The Minister asked the industry, CII and FICCI, and financial organizations to contribute in this revolutionary initiative by becoming a part of the drive to reach food processing out to the village level,” the release added.
Badal has met industry chambers on the issue of delays in granting product approvals and sought their suggestions.
The Minister also met Chairman of YES Bank, Rana Kapoor, a pioneering bank having immense practical know-how on food processing industries lending and farmers.
The Food Processing Industries Minister has categorically expressed her priorities for the sector such as - to curb food inflation by boosting food processing; to mitigate post-harvest fruit and vegetable losses; to drive and accelerate food processing industries growth; to de-regulate and simplify governmental systems, processes and clearances that delay food processing projects, causing huge losses to the companies putting up projects; and to review the role of FSSAI regarding long delays in clearing product approvals. (KNN/SD)
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