The National Green Tribunal (NGT),
Southern Bench, on Thursday directed the Food Safety and Standards Authority of
India (FSSAI) to consider the applications of flavoured water manufacturing
units for the grant of licenses to them within a month.
Last March the tribunal took suo
motu cognisance of a news report highlighting violations of certain norms by
packaged water drinking units. Pursuant to a direction of the tribunal, all
flavoured units were closed by the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board for want
of license from the FSSAI. Hence, International Herbal Water Foundation and
others filed appeals challenging the closure orders.
In an earlier hearing, the TNPCB
said the units should get the licences from the FSSAI before obtaining consent
from the TNPCB. Hence, the tribunal directed the FSSAI to consider the
applications for licences within two weeks. When the matter came up for hearing
before the Bench comprising Justice M. Chockalingam and Prof. R. Nagendran on
Thursday, the counsel for FSSAI sought time to process applications.
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