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FSSAI apprises agencies of surplus food distribution steps at meeting
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Tuesday, 27 August, 2019, 08 : 00 AM [IST]
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Ashwani Maindola, New Delhi
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FSSAI, in the third week of August, hosted a second round of meeting with 20 surplus food distribution agencies to discuss the steps taken by government to ensure the safe distribution of surplus food.
The first meeting of a similar kind was organised on July 30, 2019, which was attended by 13 surplus food distribution agencies.
FSSAI had gazette-notified Food Safety and Standards (Recovery of Surplus Food) Regulations, 2018 on August 4, 2019 to establish a uniform national regulation to protect organisations and individuals when they donate food in good faith.
Overall, 20 such agencies have already registered on FSSAI’s licencing portal.
FSSAI, in a statement, informed that that the meeting was aimed at apprising these agencies about their roles and responsibilities in ensuring safe food collection and distribution as well as prevention of food waste.
The agencies were also told about the mandatory training hygiene practices during food collection and distribution under Food Safety Training and Certification (FoSTaC), as FSSAI has made it mandatory for surplus food distribution agencies to register with FSSAI on the food licensing portal.
To become a part of Indian Food Sharing Alliance (IFSA) network, created by FSSAI, which is a single portal connecting the food distributors to the one who is in need and even those who wants to be a volunteer, these agencies can connect on share food portal of FSSAI, while Pawan Kumar Agarwal, chief executive officer, announced free FSSAI registration for these participating agencies.
He, on the occasion, added that the forum also provided an opportunity to the surplus food distribution organisations to share their concerns and suggestions to help the network grow.
Agarwal said, “FSSAI has also launched an initiative called Save Food Share Food Share Joy to create a food recovery ecosystem. This initiative aims to bridge the gap between food companies, surplus food distribution agencies and beneficiaries.”
“One of the key features is creation of (IFSA), a network of food collection/recovery agencies in India, to create a pan-India network of these agencies.”
“This network will serve as a common platform for this cause, wherein all of them will be equally benefited with regulatory support, food safety training and capacity-building efforts,” he added.
He added that integrated efforts from government, food businesses and surplus food distribution organisations were necessary to create an ecosystem for prevention of surplus food waste and the initiative is a beginning in this direction.
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