Gujarat, Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra have topped an index that ranked States ensuring food safety in 2019-20, Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) said on Sunday.
The index ranks states on five parameters of food safety: human resources and institutional data, compliance, food testing facility, training and capacity building besides consumer empowerment.
Gujarat, Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra have topped in the list of larger States on the index.
Among the smaller States, Goa came first followed by Manipur and Meghalaya. Among UTs, Chandigarh, Delhi and Andaman Islands secured top ranks, FSSAI said in a statement.
This is the second index on food safety, which FSSAI released on the occasion of World Food Safety Day with the theme “Food Safety is everyone’s business” that was dedicated to those in the supply chain who have ensured the uninterrupted availability of safe food during this COVID-19 pandemic. “Food safety is a shared responsibility. The call to action for safe food on this day is: Ensure it’s safe, Grow it safe, Keep it safe, Eat it safe and Team up for safety,” Health Minister Harshvardhan said in a webinar organised by FSSAI.