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Traders urge FSSAI to streamline labelling norms process for packaged foods.
May 09, 2023

The All-India Edible Oil Traders Confederation has urged the national food authority FSSAI to streamline the process of issuing notification with respect to changes in labelling norms for packaged food items. 
 
Shankar Thakkar, president of the confederation, has stated that the frequent changes in the labelling norms of pre-packed food items are creating hurdles for the food businesses, as with new notification the old packaging material becomes obsolete, and the traders are required to replace the entire set of packaging material or request FSSAI by means of application fee to use the old material. 
 
'The FSSAI is continuously changing the norms, which is creating problems for the food businesses. The process to get permission to use old packaging material is also cumbersome and every time we go to get permission to use old packaging material, we’re levied a fee. Sometimes this also leads to corruption,' said Thakkar. 
 
He suggested that the FSSAI should only change such norms once in five years and also the food authority shouldn’t charge any fee, (which varies from product to product), for use of old packaging material. 
 
According to Thakkar, the matter is related to changes in norms for expiry date of packaged food products. Thakkar informed that FSSAI has amended the labelling norms for expiry date and issued direction to use DD/MM/YY format in place of ‘Best Before’ format.
    
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