KFC launches ‘Clean Street Food’ program

Coimbatore Oct 8:

In a pioneering initiative for the QSR industry, KFC India launched a street food vendor training program.

This is based on the framework of“Clean Street Food” campaign of the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) and the Food Safety Authority of Tamil Nadu.

As part of KFC’s Social Commitment, this initiative is aimed at capability building amongst the unorganized sector which will disseminate content of FSSAI’s “Clean Street Food” campaign, available in public domain.

Commissioner of Food Safety and Drug administration P Amudha inaugurated the training for street food vendors by lighting the traditional lamp.

In the first phase of the project, KFC will be training 500 street food vendors in Chennai, as part of KFC’s training initiatives in Food Safety over the next 5 months.

Talking about the initiative Rahul Shinde, Managing Director, KFCIndia said,“We consider food safety as a shared responsibility amongst food regulators and industry players. Through this initiative we hope to contribute to the larger objective of ensuring health, hygiene and safety standards for consumers.

As part of the first phase of the initiative, we are looking at training 500 street vendors in Chennai over the next 5 months.”