Union Health Minister Harsha Vardhan launched NetSCoFAN (Network for Scientific Co-operation for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition).
It is a network of research & academic institutions working in the area of food & nutrition.
The NetSCoFAN would comprise of eight groups of institutions working in different areas viz. biological, chemical, nutrition & labelling, food of animal origin, food of plant origin, water & beverages, food testing, and safer & sustainable packaging.
FSSAI has identified eight Nodal Institutions who would develop a ‘Ready Reckoner’ that will have inventory of all research work, experts and institutions.