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Laws to prevent food and milk adulteration will be made more stringent and a task force set up to revisit the current legislation has been asked to give its report in 45 days, Health Minister J P Nadda informed Lok Sabha today. "We propose to comprehensively review the Food Safety and Standards Act, Rules and Regulations to address the concerns of courts in matters relating to food adulteration and the numerous representation received from food business operators. "It is also proposed to revisit the punishment stipulated for milk adulteration and make it more stringent," Nadda said, responding to Calling Attention by P V Midhun Reddy (YSR Cong) and Satyapal Singh (BJP). Amid concerns voiced by law-makers over the "slow poison" in the form of food adulteration, unregulated use of pesticides and antibiotics, especially in poultry products, Nadda termed it as "serious health hazard" and said government will strengthen manpower and infrastructure to tackle the challenge. |
