Nagpur: The Confederation of Indian Industries (CII) held a training programme for food safety supervisors in Nagpur on Friday.
Similar programmes on food safety training and certification schemes of FSSAI were held earlier in Bangalore, Mumbai, Delhi. The programmes are part of CII-Surakshit Khadya Abhiyan, an all-India food safety campaign to strengthen action on 'safe food for all' through awareness and capacity building programmes.
It is being supported by Mission Health, the CSR initiative of GSK Consumer Healthcare. The programme held at Nagpur was aimed at small and medium industries, said a press release issued by CII.
The course facilitated knowledge and practical learning, in a highly interactive mode covering spects of hygienic and sanitary practices for food general manufacturing, under Schedule 4, Part II of Food Safety and Standard Act, Rule and Regulations, said the CII release.
Studies have shown that an appreciable percentage of food-borne diseases can be attributed to poor sanitation and food hygiene, including poor personal hygiene and contamination of equipment and environment.
As a result, training of personnel in food business is a pre-requisite for ensuring food safety and hygiene. The ultimate objective of the training programme was to fulfil the need of having at least one trained and certified food safety supervisor in every food business so that the individual in turn train others
CII Surakshit Khadya Abhiyan plans to complete 100 such training programs in partnership with industry across the country during 2017-18, said the press release.
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