Country\u2019s top food regulator\u2014 Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI), on Monday launched an integrated web-based platform wherein people can offer surplus meal to the hungry.<\/p>\n
The move is an attempt to reduce food wastage. In August this year, HT had broken the story about FSSAI\u2019s plan to create a network of food banking partners to collect and distribute leftover food to the hungry.<\/p>\n
Union minister of state for health Ashwini Choubey was present during the launch of The Indian Food Recovery Alliance (IFRA) initiative that will guide citizens and food recovery agencies on ways to prevent food loss and also how to safely recover the surplus food.<\/p>\n
The platform allows donors, individuals and volunteers to register themselves under the initiative. The donors will be able to track the status of the food they had donated, using personalised logins.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is not enough that food is available but the food should be nutritious as well,\u201d said Choubey. He was addressing the gathering at the national \u2018Conclave on Nutrition Security: Partnership and Convergence\u2019 organised by the FSSAI on the occasion of World Food Day.<\/p>\n
He emphasised the need to raise awareness about nutritious food and cautioned people against adulteration.<\/p>\n
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