Taking notice of the conflicting rules, enforcement and implementation of food standards in provinces, CCI last year had constituted the committee to develop a uniform standard while giving enforcement powers to the provincial food authorities. The high powered committee on Tuesday, according to sources, has constituted further subcommittees to address differences among provinces over the maintenance of quality of food items. The CCI had earlier decided to constitute a committee to resolve constitutional and legal ambiguities, review Provincial Food Authorities Acts and suggest mechanism for enforcement of applicable technical regulations. According to sources, since the provincial food authorities have started operations during the past couple of years, confusions were created among federal and provinces. As per the PSQCA, a law has mandated the authority to include food items and non-food items in Compulsory Certification Mark Scheme under which the authority has so far notified 105 mandatory items, including 40 food items.

Source: Pakistan Today March 12, 2019 17:36 UTC