TNPSC Thervupettagam

Food Safety in TN Schools

July 26 , 2024 12 hrs 0 min 15 0
  • Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) has recently revised IS 6541: 2024, a code that recommends hygienic conditions required for the preparation of food/meals in schools.
  • BIS would soon approach the State government to discuss the revised code and seek coordination on implementation of the standard in Tamil Nadu.
  • The code was published in 1972 to prescribe a basic standard for maintaining hygienic conditions in kitchens and food transport vehicles and covered only noon meal programmes then.
  • The new code has covered the broad contours of food safety and hygiene measures to be adopted in various levels of schools, including creches.
  • It has excluded facilities for infants up to 22 months for now.

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