FSSAI also aims to establish and strength laboratories, train food handlers and upgrade the overall canteen infrastructure under various Eat Right India initiatives.
The Central Advisory Committee (CAC) of the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has advocated abolishing the need for annual licence renewals for Food Business Operators (FBOs) and instead enabling licences to be issued for up to 5 years. This was one of the primary requests made by the food and beverage industry as part of the Ease of Doing Business initiative, according to FSSAI.
FSSAI CEO Kamala Vardhana Rao evaluated the status of food product sampling at the 41st CAC meeting on 24 August in Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh, and advised states/UTs to ensure compliance with the specified standards.
While encouraging states/UTs to expedite the identification and implementation of 100 healthy and hygienic food streets across India, Rao stressed on the importance of fortified rice for combating micronutrient deficiencies among children and pregnant women, for which awareness will be propagated in rural areas by FSSAI.
He requested states to make efforts to achieve the target of FoSTaC training of 25 lakh FBOs in the next 3 years as announced the Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya on the World Food Safety Day on 7th June.
More than 50 officials, including Commissioners of Food Safety (CFS), representatives from states/UTs, senior officials from FSSAI and nodal ministries and members representing the food industry, consumers, agriculture, laboratories and research bodies actively participated in the meeting, FSSAI said in a statement.
FSSAI also aims to establish and strength laboratories, train food handlers and upgrade the overall canteen infrastructure under various Eat Right India initiatives, to help in testing of key raw materials like ghee, milk, spices, etc. used in food preparation. It also aims to train food handlers in hygiene protocols like Hazard Analysis of Critical Control Points (HACCP).
