Agriculture and food standards are not available online free of cost
Reform ID F166
 Reform Description  Making agriculture and food standards freely accessible online

Before: Around 300 Food and Feed standard documents were available on purchase only, costing heavy sum of money, with each standard costing around 1000-4000Rs.

After: All updated food standards are freely accessible to business operators through PSQCA website.
Sector Agriculture and Livestock
Beneficiaries

Food business owners, processors, farmers, transporters, stockists, shops, restaurants, stores, street food, feed industry, meat, poultry, slaughter houses, baking etc.
Jurisdiction/Location  Federal- All Pakistan
Department   Pakistan Standards Quality Control Authority (PSQCA) , Ministry of Science and Technology
Date of Implementation 
Details Difficulty ● Food standards are in the form of multiple documents ( ≥ 1000) available on cash purchase making it hard for food businesses to keep track of their compliance needs in terms of cost, access and transparency.
Analysis ● Such documents are not confidential or discretionary anywhere in the world and should be made public and updated on immediate basis.
Solution  ● All regulatory standard documents now  easily accessible for businesses and public.
Evidence  Click Here

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