Ashish Bahuguna, former agriculture secretary, has been appointed as the chairman of FSSAI or Food Safety and Standards Authority of India. The tenure of the chairman is for three years. Until now, Health Secretary Bhanu Pratap Sharma was temporarily in-charge of the post.
Ashish Bahuguna, a 1978-batch Indian Administrative Service officer of Rajasthan cadre, retired in February 2015. The position of chairman of food safety regulatory body was lying vacant since January this year when the tenure of K Chandramouli ended.
- The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) is an agency of the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Government of India.
- The FSSAI is responsible for protecting and promoting public health through the regulation and supervision of food safety.
- The FSSAI has been established under the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006 which is a consolidating statute related to food safety and regulation in India.
- FSSAI has lately been in the news after it banned Nestle’s instant noodles Maggi for being “unsafe and hazardous” for human consumption.
- The FSSAI has its headquarters at New Delhi.
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