The delay in appointing qualified
food safety officers has been a major hurdle to effective implementation of
food safety norms in the State, Kerala Food Technologists Association (KEFTA)
has said.
A spokesman for Kefta said on
Thursday that though Kerala was the first State to establish a Food Safety
Commissionerate to implement the Food Safety and Standard Act (FSSA-2006) there
had been delay in appointing food safety officers by Public service Commission
(PSC). Other States that established Food Safety Commissionerates after Kerala
did it in 2011 had already appointed enough food safety officers to enforce the
rules, the KEFTA spokesman said.
As many as 57 posts of food safety
officers had been sanctioned in Kerala though these posts had not yet been even
notified. The posts were to be filled by professionally qualified candidates.
Food analysts had also not been
appointed even on temporary basis in Pampa and other pilgrimage centres, the
KEFTA spokesman said, demanding appointment of food safety officers without
further delay.
now @ kerala around more than 100 FSO posts are no filled. kerala psc appointed FSOs directly only before 25 years..
ReplyDeletea person who is going to be appointed as Food Safety Officer must has a thorough knowledge on Food safety, Food Hygiene, Food Analysis, HACCP, Food Sampling.....etc. It is supposed to be there is only two courses in kerala covering all these things is B.Sc. Food Technology and Food science and Technology.
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