Food
safety
officials
i spected
26
Be galu u
hotels
o
F iday.
Thi ty
teams
collected
35
food
samples
fo
labo ato y
a alysis
NEW
DELHI:
The
food
egulato
failed
to
impose
Rs
5.60
c o e
i
pe alties
o
2,430
food
busi esses
that
eithe
did
ot
file
o
delayed
fili g
ma dato y
a ual
etu s,
a
CAG
audit
has
fou d,
aisi g
questio s
ove
e fo ceme t
of
basic
food
safety
ules.A
audit
of
the
Food
Safety
a d
Sta da ds
Autho ity
of
I dia’s
(FSSAI)
Easte
Regio
office
i
Kolkata
fou d
that
1,018
food
busi esses
did
ot
submit
thei
a ual
etu s,
while
1,412
filed
them
late
du i g
2017-18
to
2022-23.These
etu s
p ovide
FSSAI
with
i fo matio
o
the
qua tities
of
food
p oducts
ma ufactu ed,
ha dled,
impo ted
o
expo ted
by
lice sed
food
busi esses
du i g
the
yea .
They
have
to
be
submitted
by
May
31.
Busi esses
that
miss
the
deadli e
a e
liable
to
pay
a
pe alty
of
Rs
100
fo
each
day
of
delay,
subject
to
the
p esc ibed
limit.CAG
estimated
that
Rs
5.60
c o e
i
pe alties
should
have
bee
imposed
o
the
2,430
busi esses.
Howeve ,
the
audit
fou d
that
FSSAI
had
ot
imposed
the
pe alties.
It
also
oted
that
o e
of
the
defaulte s
had
thei
lice ce
suspe ded
o
ca celled
as
of
August
2023.
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Followi g
the
audit,
FSSAI
said
imp oveme t
otices
had
bee
issued
to
some
defaulti g
food
busi esses
a d
that
otices
would
be
issued
agai
to
all
defaulte s.
Of
the
Rs
5.60
c o e
pe alty
ide tified
by
CAG,
Rs
2.27
c o e
had
bee
ecove ed,
acco di g
to
the
epo t.The
fi di g
is
sig ifica t
because
fili g
a
a ual
etu
is
a
basic
equi eme t
fo
lice sed
food
busi esses.
The
audit
has
highlighted
gaps
i
FSSAI’s
mo ito i g
a d
e fo ceme t
of
this
equi eme t.