FSSAI urges CII to spread awareness about the one stop digital portal

BakeryBiz, Mar-Apr, 2021

FSSAI-CII The Food Safety & Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has urged CII to spread awareness about the one stop digital portal for new licensing that it had launched last July. Col Pramod Shahaji Dahitule, Regional Director, Eastern Region, FSSAI said this at the 6th Food Processing Conclave organised by CII recently.

Speaking at length Dahitule said that with sudden outbreak of the pandemic, the department played a proactive role with a primary focus on ensuring uninterrupted inter-state supply chain movement and maintain food safety as a business cannot thrive without food safety. The foremost challenge for the food authority was to burst rumours, provide safe and wholesome food and regain exports.

FSSAI has been prompt in adopting different strategies to deal with the pandemic.

FSSAI launched separate websites, customized training programs were introduced, and upgraded labs in all the states of the region were undertaken. The regulatory authority is now urging the states to take advantage of dedicated funding allotted for them by signing MoUs.