By Haryananewswire
CHANDIGARH, MARCH
22
Haryana Government today implemented centralized Online
System for Food Business Operator (FBO) license or registration in all
districts of the State. Therefore, manual applications would not be accepted
for License or Registration anywhere in the State with effect from
April 1,2013.
This new system was launched by Financial Commissioner
and Principal Secretary, Health Mrs Navraj Sandhu by giving away licenses to a
manufacturer and a retailer here today.
While speaking on the occasion, Mrs Sandhu said that all
food business operators in the State can avail of the services for licensing or
registration by logging onto the website: www.foodlicensing.net
The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI)
has created a centralized online system for FBO license or registration
for use across the country, with the assistance of National Institute For Smart
Government (NISG), Hyderabad. The Central Government has enacted Food
Safety and Standards Act, (FSS Act, 2006) to regulate and monitor the manufacture,
process, pack, transport, store, distribute, sell and import of any food or
food ingredient, so as to ensure availability of safe and wholesome food for
human consumption and also to laying down science based standards. The FSS
Regulations Gazette Notified on August 5, 2011 mandates that every FBO must
obtain License or Registration Certificate.Food business operators are
encouraged to create their online user accounts to continue to receive SMS,
e-mail alerts from authority.
All the food business operators have, therefore, been
requested to avail of the online services for License or Registration and
comply with the provisions of FSS Act, 2006.
A spokesman of Haryana Health Department said that Food
and Drugs Administration (FDA) Haryana achieved the highest rate of conviction
in the country in the court cases filed under the Drugs and Cosmetics ACT 1940.
The conviction rate in the court cases is over 80 per cent. The FDA Haryana
launched its own website www.fdaharyana.org in
public domain and the FDA Haryana became first northern State to launch online
chemist shop licensing in the country. The FDA Haryana has also made all its
licensed blood banks online. Any person in need of any unit of particular group
of blood or blood components can assess its availability in the blood bank in
his location online and also assess the details of contact person or blood
bank. The FDA Haryana established its own independent office at
Panchkula for smooth and efficient functioning of the department. The
incidence of menace of spurious medicines in the State is by and large
negligible. The pendency of renewal of sale licenses has been reduced to zero
in the State. Eight new Drugs Control Officers joined the department and on job
training of FDA officers was organized to upgrade their technical knowledge and
auditing skills.
The State has imposed prohibition on manufacturing, sale
and stocking of Guthka and Paan Masala with effect from August 15,2012. Such
prohibited products were sampled and seized by the department under the Food
Safety and Standards Act, 2006. So for 50 such samples have been seized by the
Food Safety Officers in the State.The department has also implemented Infant
Milk Substitute (IMS) Act 1992 in the State. This Act was implemented for
the first time by Haryana in the country. Samples of infant milk
substitute’s products were seized under the Food Safety and Standard Act.2006
and also under the provision of IMS Act.
He said that so far more than 100 licensed as well as
unlicensed sale premises have been sealed for violating various provisions of
Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940 and Rules, 1945. Drugs licenses of 100
shops had been cancelled and licenses of more than 35 shops were suspended by
the respective Licensing Authority. Also, 16 cases under the provisions of
Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act 1985 were also got registered
against the unscrupulous elements at Dabwali, Ratia, Yamunanagar, Sirsa,
Kalanwali for having stocked for sale Narcotic or Psychotropic drug
formulations in huge quantities without holding any license under the Drugs and
Cosmetics Act, 1940 and Rules 1945. The unscrupulous elements were engaged in
playing with the lives of innocent human beings.
Apart from conducting joint raids to curb the menace of
medical intoxicants, awareness campaign against illicit purchase, supply
and use of such medicines were also undertaken by the department. Sensitization-cum-awareness
program and workshops were convened in many cities or towns to sensitize
the chemists, general public as well as the media. So far such awareness
campaign has been organised at Sirsa, Panchkula, Ambala, Yamuna Nagar, Rohtak,
Karnal, Fatehabad, Ratia, Kalawali, Dabwali and Tohana. More such
awareness campaigns would be arranged in future to involve the public at
large against the crusade.
Mission Director, National Rural Health Mission, Dr
Rakesh Gupta and other senior officers of Health Department were also present
on the occasion.
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