The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved the signing of a Cooperation Arrangement between Food Safety & Standards Authority of India (FSSAI), Ministry of Health & Family Welfare (MoH&FW) and Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation & Livestock (MAIL), Afghanistan for cooperation in the field of Food Safety and related areas.
The areas of cooperation include the establishment of a mechanism of information exchange and communication; facilitating technical exchange on identified topics of interest especially about import procedures, quality control operations, sampling, testing, packaging and labeling; facilitating or organization of joint seminars, workshops, visits, lectures, training programme, etc.
The cooperation arrangement will facilitate information sharing, training and capacity building measure and learning from each other’s best practice to improve food safety ecosystem.