To begin with, FSSAI will provide a green book to every household and create a dedicated website for safe and nutritious food at home. Similarly for schools, it will prepare a negative list of high fat, sugar and salt foods (commonly referred as junk food), seeking to ensure food safety and nutrition in and around schools, including lunch box and canteens, said FSSAI CEO Pawan Agarwal.
On the occasion of the 10th anniversary of enactment of Food Safety and Standards Act 2006 being marked recently, he said, all these 10 initiatives have been developed collaboratively over the past few months along with other stakeholders and partners.
“States would be facilitated to implement them on pilot basis over the next few months and thereafter national roll out of these initiatives would be done possibly by next year,” Agarwal said.
Noting that food safety is an important health and economic issue, Health Minister J P Nadda said in a statement, "Provisions of safe food should become a part of ingrained culture in our country."
He said the adoption of global food safety standards would boost exports of agro-products and also provide better returns to farmers for their produce.
The FSSAI also plans to make licence from FSSAI compulsory for food businesses involved in mid-day meal scheme.
For offices, FSSAI said the canteens and cafeterias should be registered/licenced with the food regulator. The establishment should also ensure monthly testing of kitchens, water and equipment.
As far as religious places are concerned, the official said it is engaging with the management of places of worships to help them implement the Food Safety Management System (FSMS).
Siddhivinayak temple in Mumbai has already adopted FSMS, while Saibaba temple in Shirdi is in the process of doing so for their kitchens.
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