Measures to cheque the quality of foodgrains during storage

The quality of foodgrains in storage is monitored by Food Corporation of India (FCI) at regular intervals by a system of check and super checks to ensure proper preservation of foodgrains in the storage. These are as follows:- 

Fortnightly inspection of stock on 100% basis by Technical Assistants at storage depot level. 

Monthly inspection by Manager (Quality Control) at storage depot level. 

Quarterly inspection by Assistant General Manager (Quality Control) at District level. 

Super checks by Regional, Zonal and FCI Headquarter squads. 

This information was given by the Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, Shri Ram Vilas Paswan in a written reply in Lok Sabha today. 

Shri Paswan said that similarly, at the time of issue of foodgrains to States/UTs, there is a well defined procedure of joint inspection/sampling of the stocks by State Government authority and FCI to ensure that only good quality foodgrains are issued under Targeted Public Distribution System (TPDS) and other welfare schemes. 

The Minister said that complaints received about quality of foodgrains are also investigated by the officers of Quality Control Cells (QCCs) of the Department and tests are conducted on quality of foodgrains at the Central Grain Analysis Laboratory (CGAL), New Delhi in case of disputes.