Food imported from Covid 19 hit nations safe Food safety authority

Agartala | Sunday | 22nd March, 2020

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Imported food, including those from coronavirus affected countries, are “safe” for consumption. Tripura Health and Family Welfare Director Radha Debbarma said the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) had notified that any imported foods and consumable items, even from coronavirus-affected countries, were “fully safe” for human consumption. “After concerns over their safety, the FSSAI set up a committee of experts. Cooked meat, including chickens, duck, poultry and goat are safe to eat,” Debbarma said. It spreads human to human by means of droplets while sneezing, coughing, contaminated hands and surfaces..