Hyderabad: The Food Safety Department and the Drugs Control Administration (DCA) have been unified and will now be called the Telangana Standards Authority for Food and Essential Drugs (TG SAFE).
According to a government order (GO 67) by the State Health Ministry, TG SAFE will follow the provisions under the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006 and the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940.
The move comes amid the growing number of licensed food business operators in Telangana. TG SAFE will have six wings – Drug Administration, Food Safety, Enforcement, Legal and Prosecution, Laboratory, and Administrative.
TG SAFE will initially commence unified operations in the CORE region, involving common administrative, enforcement, legal, laboratory, intelligence and data-analysis mechanisms.
Avinash Mohanty is TG SAFE Commissioner
The government has announced senior IPS officer Avinash Mohanty will lead TG SAFE. He earlier served as the Commissioner for Drugs Control Administration and Cyberabad Police.
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