New Delhi, Aug 7 (UNI) Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare Dr Harsh Vardhan on Friday presided over the signing of MoU between Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) under Ministry of Health & Family Welfare and Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR) under Ministry of Science & Technology that aims at collaborative research and information dissemination in the area of food and nutrition.
Congratulating both FSSAI and CSIR for this innovative step, Dr Harsh Vardhan stated that this MoU will enable identification of technologies and programmes to be developed in the area of food safety and nutrition research, along with recognition of innovative technologies available with CSIR for deployment by the Indian businesses and/or for regulating compliances.
It will also seek collection of data regarding food consumption, incidence and prevalence of biological risk, contaminants in food, identification of emerging risks, their mitigation strategies and introduction of rapid alert system.