Lok Sabha Question No. 3192 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-01-05
Subject: Third Party Food Safety Audit
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: VIJAY KUMAR S.R., KUNWAR HARIBANSH SINGH, SUDHEER GUPTA, ASHOK SHANKARRAO CHAVAN, NARANBHAI KACHHADIA, GAJANAN CHANDRAKANT KIRTIKAR, BIDYUT BARAN MAHATO, T. RADHAKRISHNAN

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3192 TO BE ANSWERED ON 5 TH JANUARY, 2018

## THIRD PARTY FOOD SAF ETY AUDIT

## 3192. SHRI S.R. VIJAYAKUMAR:

KUNWAR HARIBANSH SINGH:

SHRI SUDHEER GUPTA:

SHRI ASHOK SHANKARRAO CHAVAN:

SHRI NARANBHAI KACHHADIYA:

SHRI GAJANAN KIRTIKAR:

SHRI BIDYUT BARAN MAHATO:

SHRI T. RADHAKRISHNAN:

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

(a) whether the Government has initiated the process of getting third party safety audit of food conducted in various places of the country;

- (b) if so, the details thereof along with the aims and objectives thereto;

(c)  whether  the  Food  Safety  and Standards  Authority  of  India  has emp anelled  national  and international gencies  to  audit  food  safety  and  hygiene standards  of  canteens,  cafeterias  and hostel mess of several IITs and IIMs; and

- (d) if so, the details of the agencies who are involved in the said audit?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

(SHRI ASHWINI KUMAR CHOUBEY)

(a): Yes. Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has initiated the proces getting third party food safety audit of food units under various c entral institutions under the draft Food Safety and Standards (Food Safety Auditing) Regulations, 2017.

- (b): FSSAI  has  granted  Provisional  Recognition  as  Food  Safety  Auditing  Agency  to  15 auditing  agencies  in  accordance  with  the  criteria  laid  down  under  t he  draft  Food  Safety  and Standards (Food Safety Auditing) Regulations, 2017 after approval by the Food Authority create pool of Auditing Agencies that could be used for audit of food businesses. The agencies  granted  Provisional  Recognition  alon g  with  their  respective  scope  of  auditing  is  at Annexure -I .Objectives of these Food Safety Audits are:
- a) to strengthen the food safety surveillance system;
- b) to reduce the regulatory Food Safety Inspections conducted by Central/State Licen Authorities in case of satisfactory third party audits; and
- c) to encourage self compliance among FBOs as they may opt for voluntary audits  .

(c)& (d): Yes. FSSAI has recognised 15 food safety auditing agencies under the draft Food Safety and Standards (Food Safety Auditing) Regulations, 2017. The list of agencies who volunteered for food safety audit of higher educational institutes is at Annexure II .

List of Auditing Agencies granted Provisional Recognition as Food Safety Auditing Agencies under draft Food Safety and Standards (Food Safety Auditing) Regulations, 2017 along with their scope of audit are:

|   S. No. | Name of Auditing Agency                | Scope of Auditing (Kind of Businesses)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
|----------|----------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|        1 | Onecert International Private Limited  | 1.Food Processing (i)Dairy, (vi)Other sectors** 2.Food Storage/warehouse/cold storage 3.Food Transport 4.Food Retail and Distribution/Supplier 6.E-Commerce                                                                                                                                      |
|        2 | Bureau Veritas (India) Private Limited | 1.Food Processing (i)Dairy, (ii)Slaughter Houses (iii)Meat and Poultry Processing Units (iv) Egg and egg Products (v) Fish and Fish Products (vi)Other sectors** 2.Food Storage/warehouse/cold storage 3. Food Transport 4. Food Retail and Distribution/Supplier 5. Food Catering 6. E-Commerce |
|        3 | BSI Group India Private Limited        | 1.Food Processing (i)Dairy, (ii)Slaughter Houses (iii)Meat and Poultry Processing Units (iv) Egg and egg Products (v) Fish and Fish Products (vi)Other sectors** 2.Food Storage/warehouse/cold storage 3. Food Transport 4. Food Retail and Distribution/Supplier 5. Food Catering 6. E-Commerce |
|        4 | Indocert                               | 1.Food Processing (i)Dairy, (v)Fish and Fish Products (vi)Other sectors**                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |

2.Food Storage/warehouse/cold storage

5

DNV GL Business Assurance

1.Food Processing

6. E-Commerce

|    |                                               | (i)Dairy, (ii)Slaughter Houses (iii)Meat and Poultry Processing Units (iv) Egg and egg Products (v) Fish and Fish Products (vi)Other sectors** 2.Food Storage/warehouse/cold storage 3. Food Transport 4. Food Retail and Distribution/Supplier 5. Food Catering 6. E-Commerce                   |
|----|-----------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|  6 | Intertek India Pvt Limited                    | 1.Food Processing (i)Dairy, (ii)Slaughter Houses (iii)Meat and Poultry Processing Units (iv) Egg and egg Products (v) Fish and Fish Products (vi)Other sectors** 2.Food Storage/warehouse/cold storage 3. Food Transport 4. Food Retail and Distribution/Supplier 5. Food Catering               |
|  7 | IRCLASS Systems and Solutions Private Limited | 1.Food Processing (i)Dairy, (ii)Slaughter Houses (iii)Meat and Poultry Processing Units (iv) Egg and egg Products (v) Fish and Fish Products (vi)Other sectors** 2.Food Storage/warehouse/cold storage 3. Food Transport 4. Food Retail and Distribution/Supplier 5. Food Catering 6. E-Commerce |
|  8 | RIR Certification Private Limited             | 1.Food Processing (i)Dairy, (ii)Slaughter Houses (iii)Meat and Poultry Processing Units (iv) Egg and egg Products (v) Fish and Fish Products (vi)Other sectors** 2.Food Storage/warehouse/cold storage 3. Food Transport 4. Food Retail and Distribution/Supplier 5. Food Catering               |

9

TUV India Private Limited

1.Food Processing

(i)Dairy

|    |                                           | (i)Dairy, (ii)Slaughter Houses (iii)Meat and Poultry Processing Units (iv) Egg and egg Products (v) Fish and Fish Products (vi)Other sectors** 2.Food Storage/warehouse/cold storage 4. Food Retail and Distribution/Supplier 5. Food Catering                                                   |
|----|-------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 10 | TUV Rheinland (India) Private Limited     | 1.Food Processing (i)Dairy, (vi)Other sectors** 2.Food Storage/warehouse/cold storage 3.Food Transport 5.Food Catering                                                                                                                                                                           |
| 11 | MS Certification Services Private Limited | 1.Food Processing (i)Dairy, (ii)Slaughter Houses (iii)Meat and Poultry Processing Units (iv) Egg and egg Products (v) Fish and Fish Products (vi)Other sectors** 2.Food Storage/warehouse/cold storage 3. Food Transport 4. Food Retail and Distribution/Supplier 5. Food Catering 6. E-Commerce |
| 12 | SGS India Pvt Ltd                         | 1.Food Processing (i)Dairy, (v)Fish and Fish Products (vi)Other sectors** 5.Food Catering                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
| 13 | Lloyds Register Quality Assurance Limited | 1.Food Processing (i)Dairy, (ii)Slaughter Houses (iii)Meat and Poultry Processing Units (iv) Egg and egg Products (v) Fish and Fish Products (vi)Other sectors** 2.Food Storage/warehouse/cold storage 3. Food Transport 4. Food Retail and Distribution/Supplier 5. Food Catering 6. E-Commerce |
| 14 | BIS                                       | 1.Food Processing                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |

15

URS Certification Ltd

1.Food Processing

6. E-Commerce ** Other Sectors includes e.g. Bakery, Edible Oil, Fruit & Vegetable processing, ready to eat/cook etc.

| (i)Dairy, (ii)Slaughter Houses (iii)Meat and Poultry Processing Units (iv) Egg and egg Products (v) Fish and Fish Products (vi)Other sectors** 2.Food Storage/warehouse/cold storage 3. Food Transport 4. Food Retail and Distribution/Supplier 5. Food Catering   |
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Annexure-II The list of provisionally recognised agencies for conducting the Food Safety Audit of the following institutions on a pilot basis is:

12

IIT Kanpur

-do-

| 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      | IIM Kozhikode                 | -do-                                                                                                                                         |
| 05 06   | IIT Delhi IIT                 |                                                                                                                                              |
|         | Mumbai                        | -do- IRCLASS Systems and Solutions Private Limited 52A, Adi Shankaracharya 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      | IISER Kolkata IIT Chennai     |                                                                                                                                              |
| 09      |                               | -do- SGS India Pvt Ltd Ecospace, Block - 3A, 2nd Floor, East Wing, Premises IIF/ 11, Action Area -II, Rajarhat, NewTown,Kolkata 700156       |
|         | AIIMS Jodhpur                 |                                                                                                                                              |
| 10 11   | IIT Roorkee                   | -do- RIR Certification Private Limited, A-210, Unitech Archadia, South City-II, Sec-49, Gurgaon- 122018                                      |