Britannia urges govt to issue permits for food processing supply chain

FMCG major Britannia Industries on Thursday urged the government to ensure inter-state movement of the raw material for the food processing industry during the three-week lockdown, imposed to prevent pandemic of Covid-19.

The government should issue necessary permits immediately to all people who are part of the food industry supply chain, said Britannia in a statement.

The supply chain includes suppliers of raw materials and packaging materials, food manufacturing factories, factory workers, transporters of materials and finished goods, depots, wholesalers, distributors and their sales persons.

Necessary permits need to be immediately issued to all of them, said Britannia Industries MD Varun Berry.

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