HRANI focuses on food safety

The Hotel and Restaurant Association of Northern India (HRANI) held its conclave recently at The Imperial, New Delhi.

TT Bureau

Hotel and Restaurant Association of Northern India (HRANI) held its conclave on ‘Synergising Food Safety Standards & Regulation in Hospitality Industry’, recently in association with Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI). Speaking at the press conference, Pawan Aggarwal, CEO, FSSAI said, “We have moved a long way since last year in building trust with the food businesses. With our focus on trainings, 16-18000 people have been trained and about 850 training sessions have been held. Our focus remains on preventive safety.”

As per the order dated, October 6, 2017 by FSSAI, it is now mandatory for all food businesses having Central License or State License to have at least one trained and certified Food Safety Supervisor for every for every 25 food handlers or part thererof on all their premises.

On the upcoming projects he said, “In a few months, we will be launching a new generation of IT platform, Food Safety Compliance System (FSCS), which will provide a history sheet of food permissions and their compliances. We are also trying to establish “clean street food hubs”, by specially demarcating areas for street food.”

Applauding Aggarwal’s efforts in addressing concerns of hoteliers, Sanjay Sood, President, HRANI said, “We are indebted to the CEO for his deep understanding of our concerns which include making license for lifetime, recommendation for penalty reduction, recognising labs as FSSAI notified, acceptance of self-audit by enforcement, and most importantly our representation in  the National Advisory Committee. HRANI is privileged to serve as a vibrant interface between FSSAI and industry and We assure FSSAI of our full cooperation to ensure safe and nutritious food for the nation.”

Post the inauguration, plenary sessions were held on ‘Simplification of Food Safety Regulations for ease of doing business’ and ‘Save Food Share Food Share Joy Initiative’. An awards ceremony was also held to felicitate HRANI member units for implementation of Food Safety Training and Certification(FoSTaC). The event was well attended, with much networking and activity during the Q&A sessions. About 150 members were present for the same.