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4th State Food Safety Index 2021-2022
June 10 , 2022
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- The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare released the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) led index.
- It was initiated in 2018-19, in a bid to create a competitive and positive change in food safety ecosystem of India.
- The State Food Safety Index measured the performance of States on five parameters — human resources and institutional data, compliance, food testing infrastructure and surveillance, training and capacity-building and consumer empowerment.
- A total of 150 districts across the country had participated in the challenge
- Tamil Nadu was ranked first in the State Food Safety Index 2021-2022 in the category of large States.
- In the category of small states, Goa has been ranked first followed by Manipur and Sikkim.
- Among UTs, Jammu & Kashmir has been ranked first, followed by Delhi and Chandigarh.
- A total of 11 districts from the State — Tiruvallur, Kancheepuram, Salem, Coimbatore, Chennai, Tirunelveli, Erode, Madurai, Thoothukudi, Tiruppur and Dindigul — were honoured for the best performance in the ‘Eat Right Challenge’, organised by the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI).
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