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FSSAI seeks action against cos not declaring licence or regn nos.
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Wednesday, 28 September, 2022, 08 : 00 AM [IST]
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Ashwani Maindola, New Delhi
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The FSSAI has asked state food safety departments to conduct special drives to make food businesses aware about the mandatory declaration of FSSAI licence/registration number on cash receipts/invoices/cash memo/bills and so on. The food authority has also sought an action taken report from the states.
The FSSAI has issued an advisory, in this regard, reading, “It is requested to carry out special drives to sensitise the FBOs to mention FSSAI licence/registration number on cash receipts/bills generated by them."
The advisory added that awareness campaigns including use of media (tv/print/social) may also be started to highlight the provision to all the stakeholders so that the same was duly followed by the industry.
The decision was taken after FSSAI received several ‘complaints’ from consumers that the food business operators specially related to restaurants/hotels were not following the order of the food authority wherein it was made mandatory to declare the 14 digit FSSAI licence or registration number on bills.
The order was issued in September 2021, wherein all food businesses were asked to comply with effect from January 1, 2022.
According to a senior official with the FSSAI, the Chief Commissioner of Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA) has also highlighted the issue of restaurants/hotels not mentioning FSSAI licence/registration numbers on their invoices.
The official added that the state food safety commissioners were asked to submit the action taken report by October 15, 2022, in this regard.
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