In its recent move, India’s apex food regulators, Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) will take digital help to create a wider pool of food experts. In this bid, the food regulators will roll out some online courses to impart technical knowledge to the young students, said Pawan Kumar Agarwal, CEO, FSSAI.
“FSSAI and AFSTi will work together in the future to start government certified online courses to create experts who can tackle food safety issues,” said Agarwal sharing that FSSAI has also proposed internships and research-based projects that can directly allow students to work on the most pressing issues in food safety in India.
Stressing the importance of reaching out to the population to realise the value of nutrition and food safety, Agarwal said: “With 134 crore Indians to feed, and a majority of the sector being unorganised, it is essential that we create professionals who can bring awareness.”