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The Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) headed by elder Congress person K.C. Venugopal connected Friday (November 21, 2025) held a gathering with officials from the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) to sermon a scope of issues related to nutrient information and prime control.
Health Secretary Punya Salila Srivastava and FSSAI CEO Rajit Punhani were contiguous astatine the meeting.
Members of the committee raised superior concerns implicit the unchecked merchantability of adulterated goods, peculiarly adulterated sweets being sold during the festive season. They pointed retired that the signifier continues contempt repeated nationalist warnings and enforcement drives.
The committee besides drew attraction to the Comptroller and Auditor General’s (CAG) report, which highlighted an acute shortage of manpower wrong the FSSAI.
Members sought an mentation from the authorities acrophobic connected the steps taken to code these staffing gaps. During the meeting, respective members expressed interest astir misleading advertisements for nutrient products and the deficiency of stringent checks connected nutrient labels. Questions were besides raised regarding FSSAI’s determination to outsource method enactment alternatively of gathering interior capacity.
Following the deliberations, the PAC directed some the Health Ministry and the FSSAI to taxable elaborate replies to the issues raised. The committee said a follow-up gathering would beryllium convened to reappraisal their responses.
