Around 150 participants from various food related fields like scientists, medical professionals, policy makers, hoteliers and dairy technologists from across the country will participate in a two-day national seminar on Food Safety-2014 (NSFS) being organsied by the Institute of Quality and Environment Management Services (IQEMS) scheduled to begin from February 21 here.
Briefing mediapersons, NSFS chairman and former State Information Commissioner DN Padhi said, “It is estimated that one third population in the developing countries are affected by food borne illness each year and India is no exception. Unfortunately public awareness of the dangers and the consequences of unsafe food is low.
People react indifferently to safety control measures despite the fact that the Food Safety Act 2006 in vogue. The main aim of the seminar is to create greater awareness on food safety”