Mahratta Chamber of Commerce Industries and Agriculture seminar on food safety

PUNE: The Mahratta Chamber of Commerce Industries and Agriculture (MCCIA) has organised a seminar on food safety and standards Act and rules on October 31 in the city. At the seminar, participants will be informed about the new Act and rules which is recently being implemented across the state. The seminar is mainly to create awareness among food business operators and food processing industries. Some of the salient features of the seminar include licensing and registrations, new rules introduced this year, importance of food safety, necessity of food safety implementation in food processing industry, comparison with the previous Act, improvements in the new rules, awareness on the Food Safety and Standards Authority to consumers and food business operators, benefits to people in the business as well as consumers, sampling procedures among others.
The seminar will be useful for beginners and small scale food business operators and food processing industries. It will also help managers and employees of supply chain management functions. P M Kulkarni, former assistant commissioner, Food and Drug Administration, Maharashtra, will guide the participants at the seminar to be held at the MCCIA on Senapati Bapat road between 4 pm and 6pm.