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Commerce ministry refuses to be drawn in MoFPI-FSSAI row over Approval
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Tuesday, 21 July, 2015, 08 : 00 AM [IST]
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Ashwani Maindola, New Delhi
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fiogf49gjkf0d 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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