Draft Regulations on Food Recall Procedure - Food Safety and ...

c) Conduct audit checks selectively when it determines that the FoodBusiness Operator is unable to ensure the effectiveness of its recall.d) Advice the Food Business Operator who has submitted an incompleterecall proposal to make improvements.e) Give instruction on the frequency of reporting the condition of recall,subject to the urgency of the case, and the monitor the Food BusinessOperator’s recall progress.f) Supervise the Food Business Operator in its completion of recall andassess their recall report.g) Offer follow-up guidance to the Food Business Operator; conduct periodicinspections to ascertain the extent of recall accomplished; file relevantrecall information and issue the necessary press release.h) Monitor the effectiveness of the recall notification, correction or removal,verify appropriate food disposal and terminate the recall.i) Where exported Indian-made foods are subject to recall, liaise with theFood Business Operator in order to determine• The recall plan for the exported foods;• The form of advice about the recall to be given to health authorities inthe importing countries.(ii)The Food Authority shall be kept informed by the State Food Authority in theexecution of the above work and will be guided by such instructions as the FoodAuthority may give.ARTICLE 17: RESPONSIBILITIY OF THE FOOD AUTHORITY(i)(ii)The Food Authority shall supervise the State Competent Authority in theexecution of the above work and, where necessary, may assess the relevantreports submitted by the Food Business Operator and give instructions.The Food Authority may have the recall portal with having unique identificationnumber assigned to each recall for monitoring and to provide information to theconsumer about the recall. The Food Authority may make publicity about therecall when it considers that the public need to be altered about the healthhazard depending upon the situation.10