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FSSAI to hold quarterly meetings with different sectors of food industry.
Dec 29, 2021

The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has released a calendar for meeting with food businesses. These meetings will be held quarterly for different sectors of the food industry to discuss matters related to food safety regulations and emerging issues.
 
In a statement, the food regulator has stated, 'FSSAI has decided to convene quarterly meetings with different sectors of the industry in order to understand and address their concerns and issues vis-à-vis regulatory changes, emerging issues, etc. and keep them abreast about related orders/directions issued by FSSAI specific to their sector.'
 
FSSAI’s statement added that the Nodal Officers shall hold quarterly meetings with FBOs of the respective sectors and keep a record of all such meetings and issues/concerns discussed during the meetings. Associated Divisions to nominate an officer of assistant director or deputy director level for each sector for collaborative coordination of the meetings as well as addressing concerns/issues raised during the meeting.
 
Also, the Executive Director, Compliance, ED(CS), will chair one meeting of each sector in the period of December-March every year and one meeting with Nodal Officers of all the sectors to keep a track of the issues/concerns of each sector.
 
'The Nodal Officers shall duly inform ED(CS) and concerned senior officers regarding the schedule of their sectoral meetings well in advance,' reads the statement of FSSAI while adding that the dates for quarterly meetings may be fixed in consultation with the associations of the specific sector.
    
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