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Gujarat FDCA launches awareness campaign on new FS&S Regulations, 2011
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Thursday, 05 July, 2012, 08 : 00 AM [IST]
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Archana Aroor, Mumbai
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fiogf49gjkf0d Amidst the chaotic opposition to the new Food Safety and Standards Regulations, 2011, the Food and Drugs Control Administration (FDCA), Gujarat, has taken a positive step towards ensuring acceptance of the new law by launching an awareness campaign on it across the state recently.
This was informed to FnB News in a chat over telephone by H G Koshiya, commissioner, FDCA, Gujarat.
"The campaign was mooted following an opposition letter written to the Gujarat Chamber of Commerce and Industries by the Madhya Pradesh Chamber of Commerce and Industries against the new Food Safety Act," Koshiya said.
He mentioned that it was not a difficult task to have a control over the situation as we acted instantly on the same whereby clarifications were given to few questions raised by the members of the industries.
"We have created awareness among 500 members from the chamber of the commerce and also with different stakeholders across the state," he said, adding that the new law needed time to reach and understood by the members of the industries, stakeholders and the industry professionals across the country.
The basic motive and the special features of the Food Safety Act were elaborated to the members who were convinced at the three-day-long sessions of the programme.
The campaign began previous year with the intention to cover different places across the state and has successfully completed around 39-40 places across the state in educating the people about the rules and regulations.
"We have also conducted a session with the rice millers association of Gujarat and around 350 members attended the session," he said.
Koshiya then said that the campaign almost lasted for about 15 days in the state covering different associations and was planning to carry the trend with federation of all tea traders associations in the near future.
"The campaign would encompass all stakeholders, industry professionals and there associations and the work was still on," he trailed off.
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