India, Jan. 22 -- FSSAI vide letter no. 1(56)2015/Advisory/FSSAI (Pt-1) dated 17-07-2018 has advised that in cases of minor labelling defects without any food concern, improvement notice under Section 32 of FSSA Act 2006 should be issued instead of initiating adjudication proceedings against concerned Food Business Operator (FBO). Resorting to adjudication proceedings in such cases not only causes avoidable harassment of FBOs but also in the waste of scarce resources of enforcement machinery of states/UTs which could be utilized more meaningfully elsewhere to ensure safe ad nutritious food to senior citizen.

A list of labelling defects categorized into exceptions (minor labelling defects of insignificant nature and without any food safet...