Don't file false, misleading returns: FSSAI to food businesses

Food safety regulator FSSAI has asked all Food Business Operators to ensure absolute accuracy in all their annual return submissions, reiterating that providing false or misleading information will attract severe penalties.

- TDG NETWORK

Compliance with requirements is paramount for safe food ecosystem, the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) said in a post on X.

Earlier this month, the FSSAI wrote to the food safety units of all the states and sensitised about the must-be-followed compliances.

FSSAI had in December 2020 mandated the filing of Annual Returns for 2020-21 onwards exclusively through the online FoSCoS platform.

Since then, the submission rate has significantly improved, FSSAI said in its communication to the states and UTs.