Food Safety Express, a vehicle loaded with audio-visual
equipment and awareness materials on prevention of food adulteration,
began its journey in the district on Thursday to propagate the
importance of food safety among consumers and food business operators. The
express was flagged off by Collector Anshul Mishra at Sairam
Matriculation Higher Secondary School at Goripalayam here in the
presence of senior district officials and representatives of consumer
protection associations. It will travel across the
district from March 21 to April 8 covering urban and rural areas to
create awareness of the Food Safety and Standards Act 2006. A
team of food safety experts and consumer activists will visit schools,
colleges, markets, hospitals and important public places explaining the
features of the Act. Trained personnel will also demonstrate detection
of adulteration in food items by using a special kit called ‘annam,’
which was developed by CONCERT, a sister organisation of the Consumers
Association of India. Consumers and Food Business Operators will get
information through bilingual portalwww.foodsafe.caiindia.org. Kalyani
Rajaraman, project manager for the mass awareness campaign, J. Suguna,
Designated Officer for Food Safety, Madurai district, Ashok Kannan,
secretary, Public Welfare and Consumer Protection Association, and
Rajendran, District Consumer Officer, were among those who spoke at the
flagging-off function. Apart from Madurai, the
express, which started its journey in Chennai on January 17, is reaching
out to consumers in Chennai, Vellore, Coimbatore and Tiruchi.
Source:http://www.thehindu.com
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