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Almost 30% of food industry unaware of safety standards: Ficci [1]

New Delhi: In India, food safety and standards are neglected topic despite being directly related to public health. According to a survey conducted by Ficci, almost 30% of the respondents, bulk of whom were from the food processing industry, were unaware that Food Safety and Standards Act (FSSA) is mandatory to implement. The respondents were not even aware about the existence of such an Act.

Publication Date: 
14/06/2010
Financial Express (New Delhi) [2]
Tags:
Food Policy [3], Food Adulteration [4], Food Process Industry [5], Food Safety [6], Financial Express (New Delhi) [2]

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[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/food-policy
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/food-adulteration
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/food-process-industry
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/food-safety