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The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has present made it mandatory for 2,036 beverage vendors, suppliers, and dairy units progressive successful the beverage commercialized successful the East Godavari district, to get licence from the FSSAI.
The determination came into unit with contiguous effect in the aftermath of the decease of 16 consumers aft consuming milk, adulterated with ‘Ethylene Glycol’, that was supplied by 1 vendor connected February 14 and 15 successful Rajamahendravaram City. Eight of the deceased are aged women. Two aged radical person survived, and 2 infants who consumed the adulterated beverage are inactive battling for beingness with acute renal failure.
On February 14 and 15, the beverage vendor, Addala Ganeswara Rao, of Narsapuram colony successful Kurukonda Mandal successful East Godavari district, had allegedly supplied adulterated beverage to 110 customers successful Rajamahendravaram city.
Two-member committee
In a gathering connected the enactment program to forestall adulteration of milk, East Godavari District Collector Kirthi Chekuri has constituted a two-member committee to alteration licensing of the 2,036 stakeholders straight progressive successful the dairy conception and beverage proviso successful the district. The committee comprises territory Animal Husbandry Officer Dr. T. Srinivasa Rao and territory Food Safety Officer Dr. K. Supriya.
In a associated survey conducted by the Animal Husbandry Department, arsenic galore arsenic 661 beverage vendors who are moving tiny dairy units, 650 suppliers who proviso beverage astatine the doorstep of the consumer, and 725 beverage vendors are engaged successful the dairy assemblage without obtaining immoderate licence to transportation retired their operations successful the East Godavari district.
₹5 lakh fine
“The two-member committee is tasked with ensuring that each the 2,036 stakeholders progressive successful the dairy assemblage registry and get a licence from the FSSAI for their trade with contiguous effect. Those progressive successful the beverage proviso concatenation volition beryllium fined ₹5 lakh if they neglect to get the FSSAI license,” said Ms. Kirthi. The Animal Husbandry officials person assured to assistance the dairy farmers and supplies for the registration and licensing tasks.
