Mumbai: In a meeting chaired by Commissioner, MCGM, Shri Bhushan Varsha Ashok Gagrani and attended by officials of FSSAI and FDA in the lead of CEO, FSSAI Shri G Kamala Vardhana Rao, strategies for ensuring safer street food were discussed. The meeting focused on elevating Mumbai’s street food to global safety and hygiene standards by exploring the development of Healthy and Hygienic Food Streets (HHFS) in the city.
Gagrani said that Mumbai is renowned for its vibrant and diverse street food culture, which attracts both locals and tourists. He said that stringent training of street food vendors would ensure wide-scale availability of safe street food in the city, making it even more popular.
Adding to it Rao said that FSSAI’s Food Safety Training and Certification (FoSTaC) programme equips food handlers with the knowledge of the latest food safety and hygiene practices. He also said that FSSAI is significantly scaling up training programmes across the country, which would also see a large increase in the number of trained street food vendors in Mumbai.
Replying to a query regarding registration of street food vendors the FSSAI CEO said that registration of food handlers is carried out as part of the FoSTaC programme. He added that training of street food vendors is an integral part of the development of healthy and hygienic food streets. Strategies for collaborating to organise large-scale training and awareness programs in Mumbai were discussed during the meeting.
Welcoming thr assurance by Rao to deploy additional mobile food testing vans, known as ‘Food Safety on Wheels’ (FSWs) in Mumbai, Gagrani said, “This initiative will further empower consumers as they will have easy access to get food items tested.”
Rao informed that the results for most of the tests carried out in the FSWs are provided to consumers on-the-spot and within a short duration. He said that FSWs would be able to reach all markets in Mumbai in the similar way as FSWs are currently being deployed in many markets across Delhi ahead of the upcoming festive season.
- Published On Aug 17, 2024 at 02:51 PM IST
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