Bangalore Chamber of Industry and Commerce (BCIC) would organise a
seminar, titled ‘FSSAI 2014: Navigating the Dynamic Regulatory
Landscape’ on November 7, 2014 at Hotel Le Meridian, Bengaluru.
The
Food Safety and Standards Authority of India’s (FSSAI) priorities are
to lay down science-based standards for food products and to regulate
their manufacture, storage, distribution, sale and import to ensure the
availability of safe and wholesome food for human consumption.
“The
seminar is intended to educate the participants on how the FSSAI has
been implemented, explore the changes experienced by the industry and
seek resolutions to the bottlenecks in implementing the law,” said T S
Sampath Kumar, secretary general, BCIC.
“There is an urgent need
for an clarification on certain clauses of the new Act. In this
endeavour, we have invited leading industry and government experts to
provide the much-needed clarity and assist the industry to effectively
traverse the regulatory landscape,” he added.
“Although the Food
Safety and Standards Regulations (FSSR), 2011, have been designed to
keep up with the changing needs, confusion has persisted, throwing up
several challenges for the industry. There are serious doubts on
licencing, product approvals, labelling, export implications and key
amendments,” Kumar informed.
The seminar would addressed by
industry and government representatives, including Varun Berry, managing
director, Britannia Industries (who would provide a business
perspective on the regulatory landscape), and P S Vastrad, health and
family welfare commissioner, Karnataka.
A technical session would be moderated by Murali Ganesan, chairman, expert committee on agro and food processing, BCIC.
Vijay
Sardana, past director, Confederation of Indian Food Trade and Industry
(CIFTI), and Cynthia Joseph, business relations, Equinox Labs, would
speak about the implications of the Food Safety and Standards Act
(FSSA), 2006, and FSSR, 2011, on the food and beverage sector. The
latter would also provide an understanding of FSSR, 2011’s Schedule IV
guidelines.
Dr Sattigeri, former director, Central Food
Laboratory, Central Food Technological Research Institute (CFTRI),
Mysore, would provide an introduction to Codex and the alignment
strategy with FSSAI.
There would be a presentation on product approval by Sunil Adsule, director, regulatory affairs, Coca-Cola India Inc.
Dr M Kannan, deputy director, FSSAI, Chennai, would speak on the labelling requirements and issues on import.
Sachin Achintalwar, senior manager, regulatory affairs, AB Mauri, would provide an introduction to global regulations.
BCIC
stated that policy-makers, enforcement authorities, food safety
officers, food technologists, food importers and exporters,
representatives of the hotel and catering segments and food consultants
would be required to attend the seminar.
“Participants would
benefit from the insights of the new Regulations, enabling them to
capitalise on the opportunities in agro food processing,” said Sampath
Kumar.
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