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The district administration and the Tamil Nadu Food Safety and Drug Administration Department has asked sellers to ensure food packet labels contain all details as mandated by law and warned of stringent actions if violation found. A joint press release from Collector S. Prabhakar and T. Kalaivani, Designated Officer, said that producers’ manufacturers of cooking oil, traders involved in re-packaging and selling it for Pongal and persons involved in retail sale of the packages should ensure quality is maintained. As per the Food Safety and Standards (Packaging and Labelling) Regulations, 2011, the package should contain, brand name, vegetarian symbol, manufacturing date, details of manufacturer with address and contact details, batch number, quantity, MRP, best before use, specific edible oil details and nutritional information. If traders are involved in mixing two-edible oils and selling, they should have obtained Agmark certification. If the packets are sold without these details, action will be taken against the seller, the release warned. |
