date:Aug 17, 2018
ere was no uniformity in the food safety infrastructure across the country. Some states did not even have a food safety department and a food safety appellate tribunal. The food testing laboratories lack functional equipment as well as technical manpower.
This inadequate arrangement has failed to control food adulteration in the country, said the report.
The Committee recommended the removal of this existing inconsistency and introduction of a uniform structure across the country.
The Central