?FSSAI makes effort to maintain international standards

To identify the loopholes between the existing standards and the international standards, the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has announced that it is in the process of setting up a food safety standards review panel.

Pawan Kumar Agarwal, CEO, FSSAI, said, "FSSAI has formulated a three-pronged strategy for ensuring safe and nutritious food for the 1.3 billion people in India. We are in the process of setting up a food safety standards review panel to identify gaps in existing standards for safe and nutritious food against international standards."

It is also heard that FSSAI is going to strengthen its quality of food safety labs and master trainers in food safety standards.

Agarwal further added that efforts wills be made to let the consumers be aware of the safety and nutritious food, consumed in schools, colleges, home, restaurants, street foods, social and cultural centres.

He stressed on the positive side of the motive and its results, "If we create a brand and work on it whole-heartedly in a collective manner."

"FSSAI will also look at ensuring that these food safety standards are complied by stakeholders in the food business through third party auditing and food inspections. FSSAI has set up standards in fortified foods also. Hence, to ensure nutritious food for all, fortified foods have to be encouraged in production and demand," he said.