New Delhi, August 26: The Orissa food safety department, often marred with shortage of staff and infrastructure, is likely to get some assistance from the Central government which can help it work towards food safety.
The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) plans to assist Orissa and other states by boosting their infrastructure and also help them in fulfilling their staff crunch issue.
According to the FSSAI plan, it is likely to infuse more junior food analyst and food analysts’ posts October to fill the gaps in the states which can help increase the food safety magnitude and quality in the state.
As per records, a number of food safety officers’ posts are reportedly lying vacant in the state which makes the work of food testing and action against the guilty a tough task.
The state also suffers from shortage of food analysts who can check the food samples for safety of human consumption.
Moreover, the FSSAI has also planned to start ‘food safety on wheels’ in the state where they can act as multi-purpose vans for food testing, public awareness and other purposes which can help towards ensuring food safety in the state besides linking all the state labs with a Central system termed as Indian Food Laboratory Network.
Meanwhile, plans are also underway to strengthen 45 state food labs by providing state-of-the-art high-end food testing equipment, including microbiology labs.
As per the FSSAI records, Orissa is said to have recorded 61 cases of food safety violations in one single year in 2015-16 and 112 cases in 2014-15. PNN
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