Union Minister of Consumer Affairs Says There Should Be 'One Nation One Standard'

The Union Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, Ram Vilas Paswan held a review meeting on BIS laboratory activities today. Paswan said that there should be 'One Nation One Standard' and there should be coordination between BIS and other labs and FSSAI to ensure this. Lauding the efforts of BIS, Ram Vilas Paswan said that all departments such as BIS, FSSAI and other pertaining ministries must synergise and work in coordination to prevent overlapping of work. He stressed on the need to increase the monitoring process of standardized products and said it is the duty of all departments and respective ministries to ensure that standards are being followed by the products available in the market. Paswan said that it is a matter of concern if Indian products which are conforming to Indian Standards are rejected by the importing countries and therefore our standards should be at par with global benchmark. The minister said that our products should meet international standards and the testing facility should be matched as well.

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