The Tamil Nadu Foodgrains Merchants Association has sought changes in FSS Act 2006. In a letter addressed to Mr Gulam Nabi Azad, Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare, the association Secretary, Mr P. Subashchandrabose, said that the new act has several clauses which are not practically possible to implement in Indian context.

Union health min ister Ghulam Nabi Azad on Tuesday informed Parliament that Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006, would come into force in the next three to four months.

The new Act makes adulteration an offence punishable with life imprisonment and also provides for penalty on manufacturers of adulterated food items up to Rs 10 lakhs.

Madurai: The Sattur Chamber of Commerce and Industries has sought the rectification of defects in The Food Safety and Standard Act 2006.

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Memorandum submitted to Chief Executive Officer of Food Safety and Standards Authority

MADURAI: The stringent standards prescribed in the Food Safety and Standards Act will adversely affect small manufacturers and traders of food products, the Agro Food Chamber of Commerce and Industry has said.

The Tamil Nadu Foodgrains Merchants Association has taken strong exception to the implementation Food Safety and Standards Act 2006. In a memorandum submitted to the Union Government of India, the association president, Mr S.P. Jeyaprakasam, said the Act has been a death blow to Indian food industry and many of the clauses are not appropriate to the prevailing trade situation and are ambiguous.

For survival of small units

MADURAI: The Food Safety and Standards Act 2006 should be amended suitably to ensure the survival of micro and small food processing units that scrupulously followed all standards of food safety, said Tamil Nadu Foodgrains Merchants