Aug 23, 2017
அப்பள நிறுவனத்தில் சோதனை: 215 மூட்டை காலாவதி மைதா பறிமுதல்
சேலம்: சேலத்தில், 215 காலாவதி மைதா மூட்டைகளை, அதிகாரிகள் பறிமுதல் செய்தனர்.
சேலம், சிவதாபுரத்தில், குழல் அப்பளம் தயாரிக்கும் இரு நிறுவனங்களில், உணவு பாதுகாப்பு நியமன அலுவலர் மாரியப்பன் தலைமையில் அலுவலர்கள், நேற்று காலை, 11:00 மணிக்கு சோதனை மேற்கொண்டனர். அதில், ருத்ரா டிரேடர்ஸ் நிறுவனத்தில், காலாவதி மைதா இருப்பு வைத்தது கண்டுபிடித்து, 50 கிலோ எடை கொண்ட, 215 மூட்டைகள் என, 10 ஆயிரத்து, 750 கிலோ மைதா பறிமுதல் செய்யப்பட்டது. பெயர், முகவரி இல்லாத தரமற்ற உப்பு, 50 கிலோ எடை கொண்ட, 85 மூட்டை பறிமுதல் செய்யப்பட்டது. மற்றொரு நிறுவனத்தில், கலர் கலந்த போலி அப்பளம், 600 கிலோ பறிமுதல் செய்யப்பட்டது. அவை, மாதிரி எடுத்து, சோதனைக்கு அனுப்பப்பட்டுள்ளது. மாரியப்பன் கூறுகையில், ''பறிமுதல் மைதாவின் மதிப்பு, 2.23 லட்சத்து, 400 ரூபாய். போலி அப்பள மதிப்பு, 18 ஆயிரம் ரூபாய். பரிசோதனை முடிவுக்கு பின், சட்ட நடவடிக்கை எடுக்கப்படும்,'' என்றார்.
ரெய்டை காரணம் காட்டி கூடுதல் தொகைக்கு விற்பனை: தடை செய்யப்பட்ட குட்கா, ஹான்ஸ் விலை 3 மடங்கு அதிகரிப்பு
போலீஸ் உயரதிகாரிகள், குட்கா வியாபாரிகளுடன் கை கோர்த்ததாக எழுந்த புகாரையடுத்து, தமிழகம் முழுவதும் போலீசார், உணவு பாதுகாப்பு அதிகாரிகள் அதிரடி ரெய்டு நடத்தினர். ஒரு பக்கம் ரெய்டு, வழக்குப்பதிவு, கைது நடவடிக்கை தொடர்ந்த நிலையில், மறு பக்கம் அதிகாரிகளுக்கு மாமூல் கொடுத்து விட்டு, வழக்கமான விற்பனை நடந்து வருகிறது. தமிழகத்தின் முக்கிய நகரங்களுக்கு, குட்கா, ஹான்ஸ் உள்ளிட்ட பொருட்கள் சேலத்தில் இருந்து அனுப்பப்படுகிறது. போலீஸ் ரெய்டை காரணம் காட்டி, குட்காவின் அதிக பட்ச விற்பனை விலையை தயாரிப்பு நிறுவனம், மூன்று ரூபாய் என நிர்ணயித்து, மொத்த வியாபாரிகளுக்கு, 2.10 ரூபாய்க்கு வழங்குகின்றது. தற்போது அதன் விலையை மொத்த வியாபாரிகள், ஐந்து ரூபாயாகவும், சில்லரை வியாபாரிகள், ஏழு ரூபாயாகவும் உயர்த்தி உள்ளனர். ஹான்ஸ் அதிகபட்ச விலை, 10 ரூபாய் என நிர்ணயம் செய்யப்பட்டுள்ள நிலையில், 7.90 ரூபாய்க்கு வாங்கும் மொத்த வியாபாரிகள், 20 ரூபாய்க்கு விற்கின்றனர். சில்லரை வியாபாரிகள், 30 ரூபாய்க்கு விற்கின்றனர். இதேபோல், பான்பராக்கின் அளவை பொறுத்து விலை, ஐந்து ரூபாய் முதல், 10 ரூபாயாக உள்ள நிலையில், 30 ரூபாய்க்கு விற்பனை செய்கின்றனர். டிரைவிங் பணியில் ஈடுபடுபவர்கள் மற்றும் இரவு நேர பணியில் ஈடுபடுபவர்கள், அதில் கிடைக்கும் போதை, தூக்கம் வராமல் இருப்பதற்காக, அதிக விலை கொடுத்து வாங்கி பயன்படுத்துவது தொடர்வதால், தமிழகத்தில் திருட்டு விற்பனை கனஜோராக நடக்கிறது.
இது குறித்து வியாபாரிகள் கூறியதாவது: தமிழகத்தில் குட்கா, ஹான்ஸ் பொருட்களை உண்மையிலேயே போலீஸ் தடை செய்ய நினைத்தால், குடோன்களில் ஸ்டாக் வைத்துள்ள, பெரிய வியாபாரிகள் மீது நடவடிக்கை எடுத்தால் மட்டுமே, முழுமையாக தடை செய்ய முடியும். ஆனால், பெரிய வியாபாரிகள் பெரும்பாலும், வடமாநிலத்தை சேர்ந்தவர்களாக உள்ளதால், போலீஸ் உயரதிகாரிகளை வளைத்து போட்டு, தங்கு தடையின்றி விற்பனை செய்கின்றனர். கணக்கு காட்டுவதற்காக, சிறிய வியாபாரிகள் மீது, போலீசார் கைது நடவடிக்கை மேற்கொள்கின்றனர். இவ்வாறு அவர்கள் கூறினர்.
FSSAI plans food safety index to measure performance of States
Pawan Agarwal, CEO, FSSAI
Regulator proposes to deploy 62 mobile food lab units across the country
NEW DELHI, AUGUST 22:
In a bid to encourage States to have a robust food safety ecosystem, the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) will soon launch a food safety index to measure their performance on various parameters.
In addition, the food regulator has asked the Indian Railways, which had been earlier slammed by the Comptroller and Auditor General for serving poor quality food, to conduct an internal audit. This will be followed by a third party audit.
Pawan Agarwal, CEO, FSSAI, said here on Tuesday: “We are developing an index that will measure the performance of States on various parameters of food safety to promote positive competition among them. All the States are in agreement on this and we hope to launch this soon.” The various parameters will include status of food safety infrastructure, manpower, enforcement, training capacity and steps to address consumer grievances, among others.
Replying to a query on food safety issues concerning the Railways, he said: “We have asked them to conduct an internal audit first and then we will conduct a third party audit of food safety system in the Railways.”
Agarwal was speaking at an FSSAI event to launch key initiatives, including “Food Safety on Wheels”, to strengthen the country’s food testing infrastructure.Mobile food labs
Under the Food Safety on Wheels initiative, 62 mobile food lab units will be deployed across the country for food testing, public education and awareness and for conducting training and certification programmes. The mobile labs will help officials of various States and Union Territories to enhance their surveillance activities and outreach even in far-flung areas.
The multi-purpose vehicles will have a fully functional laboratory equipped with basic infrastructure for quick testing for detection of common adulterants in various food commodities, FSSAI said in a statement. Nine mobile units were flagged off on Tuesday. The regulator has also launched a digital solution to connect all the government and private food labs to a centralised lab management system called InFolNet (Indian Food Laboratory Network).High-end testing
The regulator is also working on further strengthening 45 State food labs by providing them high-end testing equipment. Other initiatives include conducting Junior Analyst Examination to attract young talent and plans to set up an international training centre in Mumbai in collaboration with the Export Inspection Council.
“We are making a holistic effort by using digital solutions, strengthening food safety infrastructure, enhancing testing and training capacities as well as growing the pool of trained food analysts to give a big push to country’s food testing system,” Agarwal added.
FSSAI flags off 9 mobile food testing labs, to offer 53 more
Delhi, Aug 22 (PTI) Regulator FSSAI today offered nine mobile testing labs to eight states and 53 more units are lined up for other states and UTs with an overall cost of Rs 19 crore to strengthen food testing infrastructure.
FSSAIs CEO Pawan Agarwal announced plans to launch a food safety index to judge all states and Union Territories on parameters like testing infrastructure, enforcement, surveillance and consumer grievance cell, among others.
The authoritys Chairperson, Ashish Bahuguna, today flagged off the mobile labs called Food Safety on Wheels here. These labs are multi-purpose vehicles for food testing, public education and awareness.
"FSSAI has completed 11 years of its operations. On this occasion, we are flagging off nine mobile food testing labs equipped with basic infrastructure for quick testing to detect common adulterants in various food commodities," Agarwal told reporters here.
The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) will provide 62 such mobile units, each costing over Rs 30 lakh, to all the states and Union Territories, he said, adding that the next lot will be launched in November.
"We will provide at least one unit to each state and UT and more in respect of bigger states," Agarwal said.
The regulator is providing guidelines and operational manuals to the states on how to run these mobile units.
"Through these units, 24 tests can be conducted on milk, 9 on edible oil, 17 on spices and 11 on other foods," Agarwal said.
Asked about the FSSAIs programme to strengthen the existing labs, he said the regulator will modernise 45 labs across the country with a cost of about Rs 12 crore each.
"We have provided amount to 23 states. We have signed MoUs with 11 states. The process for tendering of equipment has started," Agarwal said.
On the food safety index, he said: "We will show states mirror on where they stand on food safety aspects. This will have positive competition among states."
The regulator, Agarwal further said, is launching Indian food laboratory network to connect all food labs in the country to a centralised lab management system.
This system will provide an end-to-end solution where samples collected by field units will be coded and tested in FSSAI-notified labs and the results will be available in a central database. This data will be available for enforcement and food import controls in a seamless manner.
Food safety: 17 establishments served closure notice
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: In a raid conducted by department of food safety as part of Bakrid-Onam festival season, 17 establishments were served closure notices with had serious violation of food safety norms.
Food safety commissionrate has started raids in food business establishment in the state from Sunday. In the raids conducted in the past two days, the food safety department has slapped a total fine of Rs 17.82 lakhs and served notices on 510 establishments. It has conducted inspections in 1019 establishments.
In Thiruvananthapuram, a fine of Rs 1.7 lakh was slapped and notices were served to 21 establishments. In Kollam, Rs 1.5 lakh fine was slapped on various establishments. Notices were served to 46 establishments.
In Pathanamthitta and Alappuzha, 30 and 29 establishments were served improvement notices. Thirty five establishments were served notices in Kottayam. Closure notice was served to one establishment each in Idukki, Ernakulam and Pathanamthitta districts. Operations of five establishments were stopped in Kollam.
The raids will continue in the coming days. For the first time, food safety department has started 40 squads for raids.
MIRROR IMPACT: BBMP SCURRIES FOR FOOD LICENCE
Food safety and BBMP officials were on their toes on Tuesday after the Bangalore Mirror reported that the civic body was yet to apply and obtain mandatory food safety clearance for its 101 Indira canteens launched amid much fanfare last week. Food safety officials hurriedly convened a meeting with BBMP special commissioner Manoj Rajan to discuss the issue and the BBMP was asked to immediately apply for the mandatory registration and licence for its food outlets providing breakfast, lunch and dinner at affordable rates.
“We have already had a discussion with BBMP commissioner who is in New Delhi and instructions have been given to our four designated officers in-charge of Bengaluru to identify Indira canteens that fall under their limits and follow up and assist the civic body officials to complete the process,” said K Sreenivasa Gowda, Joint Commissioner, Food Safety.
Bangalore Mirror reported on Monday that the Indira Canteens had started operating in the city last week without obtaining Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) license mandatory for food business operators. The clearance from FSSAI was essential as it would empower the agency to inspect the quality of the food served at the canteens and also ensure minimum standards of hygiene was maintained on the premises. The state government has decided to open 198 Indira canteens, in all BBMP wards across Bengaluru.
“It is mandatory for all food operators to get themselves registered and also obtain license before they start serving food,”said a food safety department official.
The meeting was also attended by representatives of the two private caterers supplying food at canteens. According to officials, the civic agency is expected to start applying for the license in the coming days. Joint Director, food safety department Shivappa said that the BBMP officials have given assurance that the process will be completed at the earliest.
Organic exports face testing times from redundant norms
Daniel AckerJumping through hoops: The organic products are tested in multiple laboratories, which involves time and cost s,and is an example of why India has a low rank in the ease of doing business
Repeat testing by various bodies is driving up costs:ICRIER report
NEW DELHI, AUGUST 22:
Exporters of organic products face a tough time getting their products tested in the country as the presence of multiple export control bodies has narrowed the choice of laboratories for them and also increased costs due to multiple-testing requirements, according to a recent study by a Delhi-based think tank.
While there are 112 laboratories accredited by the National Accreditation Board for Testing and Calibration Laboratories (NABL) that are also approved by the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI), less than one-fifth are approved by export control bodies such as the Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority(APEDA), Export Inspection Council, BIS and Tea Board, a report by the Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER) on organic farming in India pointed out. The report will be released on Wednesday.Hassles all the way
“Since all export control bodies want the testing laboratories to register with them, it is a hassle for the laboratories, which have to spend a lot of time and money getting multiple registrations done,” said Arpita Mukherjee from ICRIER.
APEDA, which regulates fruits and vegetables and has been implementing product traceability for products such as peanuts since last December, has just 14 laboratories listed as being competent to carry out sampling and testing of organic products against 112 laboratories accredited by NABL and FSSAI.
Of these, the Export Inspection Council (EIC) of India, the nodal agency for export control of food products such as pepper, milk and basmati rice, recognises just eight laboratories, while 13 laboratories are recognised by the BIS and seven laboratories are recognised by the Tea Board.
“If food items are accredited by both the NABL and the FSSAI, all aspects of testing and food safety are covered and there should be no need for further tests. Allowing export control bodies to insist on separate registrations is what is making life difficult for exporters and should be done away with,” Mukherjee said.No export testing
The report pointed out that it was ironic that while 98 laboratories approved by NABL and FSSAI were eligible to test for organic product imports or items sold in the domestic market, they cannot test products for export.Redundant testing
For exporters of certain items, including spices such as turmeric, the consignments have to be tested not just in an APEDA approved laboratory but also in a Spices Board of India-approved quality evaluation laboratory, despite the fact that organic is free from chemicals and/or additives, which should have come up in the APEDA approved laboratory test report itself.
“The product is being tested in multiple laboratories, which involves time, effort and cost and is an example demonstrating why India has a low rank in the ease of doing business,” the report stated.
In 2016-17, export of organic products from India was valued at $370 million, which was about 17.5 per cent higher than the previous year. In 2015-16, some of India’s top markets were the EU, the US, Canada, Korea and Australia.
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