Chief Medical Officer, Dimapur has serious taken note of several unregistered Food Business Operators (FBOs) in Dimapur district who are into manufacturing, storing and selling food articles to consumers. CMO, Dr. M.A. Wati has warned that those FOBs who have not registered or obtained FSSAI (Food Safety) License under Food Safety and Standards Act 2006 would be penalized without any further warning, in the interest of the consumers. Dr. Wati further advised consumers to buy food packages that are labeled under FSS (Packaging & labeling) Regulation 2011.
The products should contain– proper name of the product, ingredients, manufacture date. in case of food with shelf-life of not more than 7 days “use by date” to be mentioned, best before date., batch number, net weight/volume, veg or non-veg logo, FSSAI logo with registration or license number, food additives if added (colours or flavours), instruction for use/preparation, nutritional information, detail address of the manufacturer/packer, in case of imported food, the packages should carry the name and complete address of the importer. In addition, CMO said false/exaggerated words/picture should not be used and labels should be clear, prominent and legible by the consumers.