The Hindu Reports on the Food Safety Express in Tamil Nadu
"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 portal www.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."
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