Check all food items in city, HC tells FSSAI

New Delhi: Delhi High Court has asked the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) to prepare a plan to test all food products in the city.

A bench of acting Chief Justice Manmohan and Justice Manmeet PS Arora said the FSSAI must come up with a plan for a food safety audit in Delhi.

“Since FSSAI is the apex body dealing with food safety, this court directs it to prepare a plan for sampling and testing of all food products in Delhi. Let a plan be placed on record. We will get it implemented by the Delhi govt,” the bench said.

The HC was hearing a suo motu case initiated in 2010 following a news report on the use of certain pesticides for growing vegetables that can cause serious diseases.

During the hearing, the court asked Delhi govt and FSSAI to inform how much testing is being done in the city and the number of kits available for this purpose and the budget allocated for the same.