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Commerce ministry refuses to be drawn in MoFPI-FSSAI row over Approval
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Ashwani Maindola, New Delhi
July 21 , 2015
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The Union ministry of commerce and industry has refused to be drawn in
the issue related to Product Approval with regards to food industry,
under MoFPI, and FSSAI, which comes under health ministry.
In
this regard, Union minister for commerce and industry Nirmala Sitharaman
has refused to comment on the issue, by stating “No comments,” when
asked about the delays in Product Approval leaving the food industry in
crisis.
Meanwhile, a senior official with the department of
industrial policy & promotion, has said, “The matter is between the
two ministries, MoFPI and health, and they need to resolve the issue
amicably. The issue related to Product Approval does not come under the
commerce ministry directly.”
The official, however, added that
the ministry was monitoring the situation, as the food processing
industry was part of the Make In India campaign while there were
apprehensions prevailing in the food industry about the assertiveness of
FSSAI.
It is pertinent to mention here that recently Union
minister for food processing industries Harsimrat Badal had expressed
her displeasure over the delays in Product Approval. A high level Task
Force was formed to deal with the issues related to coordination between
FSSAI and MoFPI.
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