NGO policing may harm the industry: Assocham

While the report by the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) has caused a panic among the consumers resulting in plummeting of sale of bread and bakery products, the use of potassium bromate (PM), purported to be harmful to health, was being done with the permission and full knowledge of the food regulator, said Assocham in support of bakery industry.

According to the trade body, if India has to scale up its food processing industry, it cannot be left to scare-mongering by NGOs. ?The NGOs are free to be watch dogs, but they must realise that their reports and findings should not be targeted only at the industry. While the government is trying to move towards of ease of doing business by relaxing the inspector raj, the NGO policing may harm many times,? it said.
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