Lok Sabha Question No. 4818 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-23
Subject: Food Safety Audit in Higher Educational Institutes
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: KIRIT SOMAIYA, POONAMBEN HEMATBHAI MAADAM

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTIO N NO. 4818 TO BE ANSWERED ON 23 rd MARCH, 2018

## FOOD SAFETY AUDIT IN HIGHER EDUCATIONAL INSTITUT ES

## 4818. DR. KIRIT SOMAIYA: SHRIMATI POONAMBEN MAADAM:

Will the Minister of HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE be pleased to state:

(a) whether FSSAI has carried out food safety audit of the top Central institutes of higher education recently;

- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether most of institutions failed to clear the audit and if so, the details thereof;
- (d) the details of agencies involved in the said audits; and
- (e) the action being contemplated by the Government to ensure food safety in the institutes of higher education?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (SHRI ASHWINI KUMAR CHOUBEY)

(a)& (b) : Yes. Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) had undertaken third party  food safety  audit through auditing agencies recognised p rovisionally under the draft Food Safety and Standards (Food Safety Auditing) Regulations, 2017 of eleven Cen educational institutions of higher learning and has received audit reports in respect these institutions. These audits were conducte d on a sample basis to ascertain the compliance with the standards of food safety and hygiene prescribed under the Food Safety and Stan (Licensing & Registration of Food Businesses) Regulations, 2011.

- (c): The Audit Reports in respect of seven of these ten institutions have observed non -compliance of the prescribed standards of food safety and hygiene in varying degree.
- (d): The  details  of  the  Institutes  and  the  agencies  which  conducted  the  audit  a Annexure.
- (e): After  receiving  the  audit reports,  these  institutions  were  apprised  that  their  Host mess/Canteen etc., are required to be licensed/registered from FSSAI  under Section31( the  Food  Safety  and  Standards  Act  ,  2006    and  to  comply  with  the  standards  of  FSS prescribed under  it s regulations. The audit report and summary of the report with importa audit findings were shared with them for initiating actions for corre actions/improvements.

To improve the level of food hygiene in their premises, these institutions hav been asked to nominate a person who can be trained and certified as a Food Safety Super under FSSAI's Food Safety Training and Certification (FoSTaC) programme.

FSSAI  has  requested the  Ministry  of  Human  Resource  Development  to  issue necessary instructions to all higher educational institutes for getting their mess/Canteens etc., licenced/registered with FSSAI as per provisions of Section 31(1) FSS, Act,  2006.    Ministry  of  Human  Resource  Development  has  also  been  requested  to consider issuing instructions to the institutes of higher education to nominate one per amongst its officials who can be notified by FSSAI as a Food Safety Officer.

| S.No.   | Name of Central Institution   | Name and Contact Details of Auditing Agency                                                                                                 |
|---------|-------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 01      | IIM Ahmedabad                 | DNV GL Business Assurance. Equinox Business Park, Tower 3, 6th Floor, Off BKC, LBS Road, Kurla West, Mumbai - 400 070, India                |
| 02      | IISc Bangalore                | Bureau Veritas(India) Private Limited F-4, Sector-3, Noida- 201301                                                                          |
| 03      | AIIMS Delhi                   | Intertek India Pvt Limited E-20, Block B1, Mohan Cooperative Industrial Estate, Mathura Road, ND110044                                      |
| 04 05   | IIM Kozhikode                 | -do-                                                                                                                                        |
| 06      | IIT Delhi IIT                 |                                                                                                                                             |
|         | Mumbai                        | -do- IRCLASS Systems and Solutions Private Limited 52A, AdiShankaracharya Marg, 2nd Floor, New Wing, Opp. Powai Lake, Powai, Mumbai-400 072 |
| 07      | IIT Guwahati                  | MS Certification Services Private Limited 3/23, RK Chatterjee Road, Kolkata-700042                                                          |
| 08 09   | IISER Kolkata IIT Chennai     |                                                                                                                                             |
|         |                               | -do- SGS India Pvt Ltd Ecospace, Block - 3A, 2nd Floor, East Wing, Premises IIF/ 11, Action Area -II, Rajarhat, NewTown,Kolkata 700156      |
| 10 11   | AIIMS Jodhpur                 |                                                                                                                                             |
|         | IIT Roorkee                   | -do- RIR Certification Private Limited, A-210, UnitechArchadia, South City-II, Sec-49, Gurgaon- 122018                                      |