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Minutes of the First Meeting of FSSAI at its Head Office at FDA Bhawan

on 19th December, 2008 at 1100 hrs.

Following were present:

1. Sh. P. I. Suvrathan, Chairperson


2. Sh. G. Balachandhran, CEO and Member Secretary
3. Members (As per Annexure I)

At the outset, Sh. G. Balachandhran, Member Secretary welcomed the


Chairperson and other Members of the Food Authority to the First meeting of the
Authority and requested Chairperson for his opening remarks.

Shri P. I. Suvrathan, Chairperson extended a welcome to all the Members and


invitees to the first meeting and highlighted the mandate and role expected of the
Authority in matters relating to the Food safety and Standards regulations/enforcement.
He observed that the task of integrating/convergence of regulations and standards in a
federal structure as envisaged in the new law is challenging and has to be completed in a
defined time frame. He looked forward to contribution from all Members and
stakeholders in the task of bringing science into standards formulation and regulation of
food safety.

Leave of absence was granted to Sh. Debashish Panda, Dr. Sanjay Singh,
Smt. Navraj Sandhu, Sh. Tape Bagra and Sh. Gibson G. Vedamani, who could not
attend the meeting.

Item No. 1

Sh. P. I. Suvrathan, Chairperson, administered the oath of office and secrecy to


Members present in the meeting in terms of section 7 (3) of Food Safety and Standards
Act, 2006 and rule 16 of Food Safety and Standards Authority of India, (Salary,
allowances and other conditions of Service of Chairperson and Members Rules, 2008).
Duly signed Forms I & II were taken on record.

Item No. 2

Members present declared/filed their Annual Declaration of Interest (Annexure 2)


and Specific Declaration of Interest (Annexure 3). Duly signed Declarations in the
prescribed format were taken on record.

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