Trainings

Workshop on Empowering for Mission Food Safety from 15^th - 17^th July 2010

Training programme for Food Safety Commissioners - 7^th - 9^th June 2010

A three day orientation programme will be conducted for the Food Safety Commissioners. The programme will be organiszed in the FSSAI HQ(New Delhi). The programe is scheduled on 7^th, 8^th, 9^th June, 2010 at 10:30 AM.

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Capacity Building Development Programmes for Food Safety Regulators

The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India(FSSAI) has been operationalising various provisions of the FSS Act, 2006 and so far 43 Sections of the FSS Act, which deals with various provisions like creating State Food Safety Commissioners, Designated officers, Adjudicating officers, Food Safety Officers, Rules & procedures for Food Safety Tribunals etc have been notified. The remaining provisions are going to be notified shortly. Hence , the food safety personnel across the Country need to equip and enrich themselves about the shift in the shortest possible time, failing which the food safety works would suffer serious setbacks and would nullify the positive changes that are purported to be brought in by the new Act(FSSA). The existing food regulatory staffs is focused on sampling and prosecution and may not be equipped to carry out the much wider range of responsibilities envisaged under the new act. Similarly the food Safety regulators including State Food Safety Commissioners , Designated officers, Adjudicating officers and Food Safety Officers has to acquire requisite dedicated national level Capacity building programme for various categories of Prevention of Food Adulteration (PFA) Act, 1954 and involved in granting licenses to various categories of Food Business Operators. In this backdrop, FSSAI has devised interim induction programmes modules to be taken up as an initial exercise to make existing food safety regulators well acquainted with wide spectrum of regulatory provisions and new concepts developed in various regulatory mechanisms under the FSS Act, 2006. These are programmes for Training of Trainers (ToT) and it is advisable that each State/UT nominates appropriate officers for these programmes. The Officials nominated need to have aptitude and flair for training others and should be made available subsequently for Training programmes within the State (and elsewhere, in case FSSAI finds them to be exceptionally suited). This will enable the concerned States to cope with the changed mandate of the FSS Act, 2006 and would make the migration smother for various stakeholders in the concerned States. All the States have been requested to nominate appropriate officers for the ToT programmes and inform the details of the same to Sh. R.Vijay, Director, Food Safety and Standards Authority of India, FDA Bhawan, Kotla Road, New Delhi-110002. Email: vijay@fssai.gov.in Fax: 011-23220994

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Workshop on Adoption of Quality Management Approach in Services of FSSAI

A one day workshop was organised at FSSAI on 29th May 2009 at 09:30 hrs, in collaboration with Quality Council of India and Institute of Quality, CII. The workshop was conducted by Sh. Anupam kaul , Sr. Counsellor, Institute of Quality , Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) with an informative cum interactive session on: The best international quality practices in regulatory services. Special requirements of public services. Quality management approach to be adopted in public services.

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Food and Agri Business Management Program held in Cornell(USA) and Hyderabad (India)

The Food & Agri Business Management Program was organised in Hyderabad from 12th -16th June 2010 and in Cornell (USA) from 24th June 2010 - 2nd July 2010 to : Enhance strategic capabilities of the private and public sector with exposure to global and domestic trends. Introduce and analyse factors contributing to the integration of the food chain and its relevance to various facets of the Agriculture and Food Industry. Enhance leadership skills and organisational competitiveness through exposure to novel ideas. Gain better understanding of the changing role of policy planners, Non – Governmental Organizations (NGO) and publicity run enterprises in shaping the integrated food chain. Sh. S.B. Dongre, Dir (F&VP), FSSAI, attended the above program.

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International training programme on FOOD Safety by Michigan State University (MSU)

MSU, under the aegis of Cochran Fellowship programme organised a training programme during July-August 2009 on Food Safety. Sh. R.Vijay, Director and Sh. Anil Mehta, Deputy Director visited MSU and Washington DC as a part of this programme.

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