Counterfeit of food items is a serious challenge and is an infringement of IP laws. A meeting was held on 13 November 2019 to discuss the aspects of counterfeiting of food items in India. On the basis of the discussions, held stakeholders are advised to take action on the following points immediately.
1. Conduct regular market surveillance for food products selling significantly below MRP and likely to be counterfeit.
2. Local intelligence needs to be developed to identify commodities, hot spots, and trends in counterfeit food goods.
3. Many imported foods are available in the market that is imported without FSSAI approval. These may or may not be counterfeit. A regular survey to identify the selling of such goods is to be done.
4. E-commerce players must ensure that sellers of food goods on their platform must be FSSAI registered.
5. Besides the above, there is a need to ensure the requisite availability of manpower for all activities of food safety. The state needs to identify the number of DO and FSO posts required for food safety administration.
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