Highlighting the achievements and hurdles in the functioning of the food processing industry in India, the All India Food Processors’ Association (AIFPA) recently organised the ‘All India Food Safety Summit — 2011,’ at Hotel Le Meridien. The Summit was organised to address the missing links in the implementation of The Food Safety & Standards Rules & Regulations — 2011 which became operational from August this year.
The Summit had sessions covering the issues and challenges relating to licensing, registration and enforcement. Various aspects about the smooth transition of the industry from the earlier Act/Rules/Orders to the new norms were discussed. Uniformity in implementation of the Rules and Regulations in various states was deliberated upon. An important part of the Summit was the session on the standards for food additives, packaging and labelling. The Summit highlighted the strategies to make the Regulations more effective by harmonising the essential elements of earlier Food Acts, certain provision of Legal Metrology and some standards of the BIS (Bureau of Indian Standards). VN Gaur, CEO, Food Safety and Standards Authority of India, delivered the key note address. Dr V Prakash, distinguished scientist from Council for Scientific and Industrial Research and President, Nutrition Society of India, delivered a special address. Piruz Khambatta, President, AIFPA and Chairman, Rasna, said, “After serving the cause of the industry for more than 60 years, the AIFPA has been taking fresh initiatives to accelerate the industry’s growth. Development of food processing industry is of prime importance for food security, controlling food inflation, and for prosperity in rural areas.” Khambatta stressed that the central and the state government agencies should work closely with the industry to ensure this development as food processing could do for rural India what IT has done for urban India. He also emphasised that India could rightly become the food factory of the world. What the sector needs is accelerated reforms.
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Commis II Indian - Jobs in India
The Summit had sessions covering the issues and challenges relating to licensing, registration and enforcement. Various aspects about the smooth transition of the industry from the earlier Act/Rules/Orders to the new norms were discussed. Uniformity in implementation of the Rules and Regulations in various states was deliberated upon. An important part of the Summit was the session on the standards for food additives, packaging and labelling. The Summit highlighted the strategies to make the Regulations more effective by harmonising the essential elements of earlier Food Acts, certain provision of Legal Metrology and some standards of the BIS (Bureau of Indian Standards). VN Gaur, CEO, Food Safety and Standards Authority of India, delivered the key note address. Dr V Prakash, distinguished scientist from Council for Scientific and Industrial Research and President, Nutrition Society of India, delivered a special address. Piruz Khambatta, President, AIFPA and Chairman, Rasna, said, “After serving the cause of the industry for more than 60 years, the AIFPA has been taking fresh initiatives to accelerate the industry’s growth. Development of food processing industry is of prime importance for food security, controlling food inflation, and for prosperity in rural areas.” Khambatta stressed that the central and the state government agencies should work closely with the industry to ensure this development as food processing could do for rural India what IT has done for urban India. He also emphasised that India could rightly become the food factory of the world. What the sector needs is accelerated reforms.
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Commis II Indian - Jobs in India