FSSAI PLAN AFTERMATH THE APEX COURT DECISION.

It is unfortunate that the Food Authority has wasted time as well as money spent on
the Authority from public exchequer in devising a mindless, retrograde and illegal
Food Products Approval System between the years 2011 to 2015 by trying to bypass
the legal imperative of going through a legal route of passing a regulation. This was
put to an end by the Bombay High Court by ruling that the route of bringing that
system lacked force of law. All these years, legitimate food business of India got a
big jolt.
Now not satisfied with the damage inflicted by the Food Authority at public
expense, without agreeing that not only the manner of bringing the Food Product
Approval System was illegal, but the system itself is contrary to the Foods Act, Food
Authority declared its intention to bring back the Food product Approval System
through regulation route, as if all illegal system becomes legal if brought through a
legal route.
To ensure that, just in case the Food Authority has not realized that this system is
basically illegal and a regulation that is contrary to the provision of law does not
become legal if brought through legal route, attention of the Food Authority should at
least be formally invited to this fact, IDMA gave a letter that provides detailed legal
analysis on that and appealing to the Food Authority to not to make attempt to thrust
upon the country another jolt by manipulating to bring a legislation that is contrary to
the law through legal route.
IDMA invited Food Authority to enter into a constructive dialogue with the Indian
Food Industry before making even a prima facie decision that such an attempt
should be launched. However, rather than giving effect to one of the most
progressing food law, the Food Authority seems to be taking a pride in steamrolling
the Food Industry as per its own whims and rather than inviting Food Industry to
brain-storm on this issue, has made announcements on its website and also as
indicated by the following link http://m.thehindubusinessline.com/news/new-fssairegulations-for-product-approvals-in-few-months/article7784453.ece that
preparations are underway to being back the retrograde illegal system at an earliest
possible opportunity come what may.
FSSAI should do something great contribution in terms how to augment export of
food supplements and FSSAI should ruled out what are the challenges in exporting
food supplements. Importing countries require Free Sales Certificate and copy of
GMP and without these two documents no one can export food supplements. FSSAI
people are not aware about these challenges and they do not have time know but on
the other hand they have time to take industry on autocratic approach to satisfy the
ego. Health ministry should intervene this malpractice with immediate effect. This is
era of ease of doing business and CDSCO adopted and why FSSAI are becoming
feudal.