Genetically Modified Crops to be covered under Food safey and standards act

Government today assured the Lok Sabha that all concerns related to genetically modified crops were covered under the Food Safety and Standards Act.



The assurance was given by Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare Dinesh Trivedi in the Lok Sabha.

He said during Question Hour that the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006 covers such products.


"Parliament has passed the Food Safety and Standards Act (FSSA), 2006, integrating the multiplicity of provisions under various food related laws and inter alia regulating the food safety standards and uniform licensing in the country," he said, adding even life imprisonment could be given to culprits.



Trivedi also said the government had constituted the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India in September, 2008 to carry out the purposes of Act.
 
Source -PTI