National Productivity Council (NPC)

FSSAI signed a MoU with NPC external link on 01.08.2017 initially for a period of 3 years to promote cooperation in the field of the Food Safety Training and Capacity building in the country. The general areas of collaboration would be:

  • NPC will work as a Training Partner under FoSTaC with FSSAI
  • NPC may integrate the FoSTaC course with their existing training courses for Productivity Practitioners for students of Food Technology and other equivalent / recognised qualification in different Central/State Universities
  • Organise joint workshops on building awareness on Food Safety among Food Business Operators as consumer
  • Training facilitation
  • NPC can also provide a tie up with International Experts from Asian Productivity Council (APO)
  • NPC can organise international study mission for FSSAI officials to APO member countries
  • Digitization of training manuals

Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU)

FSSAI signed a MoU with IGNOU external link on 12.12.2017 initially for a period of 5 years to establish collaboration for implementation of Food Safety Training & Certification (FoSTaC) programme and Capacity Building Activities in Food Safety and Ancillary Discipline through and IGNOU’s and FSSAI’s infrastructure and faculties. The general areas of collaboration would be:

  • IGNOU will work as a Training Partner under FoSTaC with FSSAI
  • IGNOU may facilitate FSSAI in the issued related to translation, regionalisation, revision and upgradation of training content
  • Development of multi-media programme and MOOCs programme.
  • Transmission of FoSTaC Courses through IGNOU broadcast facilities
  • Integration with ongoing programmes
  • Sharing of facilities and resources