Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare, Mansukh Mandaviya has released the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI)’s 3rd State Food Safety Index (SFSI) to measure the performance of States across five parameters of food safety. The Minister felicitated nine leading States/UTs based on the ranking for the year 2020-21 for their impressive performance.
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Minister also flagged off 19 Mobile Food Testing Vans (Food Safety on Wheels) to supplement the food safety ecosystem across the country taking the total number of such mobile testing vans to 109.
Here is the list of nine leading States/UTs in the Index:
Larger States:
- Gujarat
- Kerala
- Tamil Nadu
Smaller States:
- Goa
- Meghalaya
- Manipur
Among UTs:
- Jammu and Kashmir,
- Andaman and Nicobar Islands
- New Delhi