Chandigarh Model Jail India s first Eat Right Campus

  • | Saturday | 10th April, 2021

Tribune News ServiceChandigarh April 9The Model Jail Chandigarh has been declared as India's first “Eat Right Jail Campus”. As part of “Eat Right India” the “Eat Right Campus” initiative has been launched for institutions hospitals jails etc to support them to ensure safe healthy and sustainable food for people who spent a majority of their time in these campuses. The FSSAI has created a benchmark on four different parameters on which the campuses are evaluated and certified as “Eat Right Campuses”. The Department of Food Safety and Standards UT with the Model Jail authorities enrolled the Model Jail Chandigarh Campus under the “Eat Right Campus” initiative by the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI). The Model Jail on the basis of the audit has been declared as India's first “Eat Right Jail Campus”.

Tribune News Service Chandigarh April 9 The Model Jail Chandigarh has been declared as Indias first “Eat Right Jail Campus”. The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has initiated the “Eat Right Campus” to promote safe healthy and sustainable food in campuses such as universities colleges hospitals jail premises etc across the country. The objective is to improve health of people and promote social and economic development of the country. “Eat Right India” aims at transforming Indias food safety and nutritious environment through a judicious mix of regulatory capacity building collaborative and enforcement approaches thereby protecting and advancing public health and improving the quality of life across all walks of life. As part of “Eat Right India” the “Eat Right Campus” initiative has been launched for institutions hospitals jails etc to support them to ensure safe healthy and sustainable food for people who spent a majority of their time in these campuses. The FSSAI has created a benchmark on four different parameters on which the campuses are evaluated and certified as “Eat Right Campuses”. These parameters include food safety measures steps to ensure provision of healthy and environmentally sustainable food and building awareness among individuals on the campus to make the right food choices. The Department of Food Safety and Standards UT with the Model Jail authorities enrolled the Model Jail Chandigarh Campus under the “Eat Right Campus” initiative by the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI). Under the said programme a joint team of the Food Safety Department with the jail authorities conducted pre-assessment of food safety and hygiene of the premises and identified the gaps and areas of improvement. The jail administration took the steps to address these gaps. Training under the food safety programme was provided to the inmates working in the kitchen and canteen area. Thereafter an audit was conducted by the FSSAI-empanelled third party auditing agency and the report of the same was forwarded to the FSSAI for the final outcome. The Model Jail on the basis of the audit has been declared as Indias first “Eat Right Jail Campus”.

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