FSSAI, Potassium Iodate, Potassium Bromate - GS questions based on daily current affairs

ANSWER: Both 1 and 2

Explanation:

• FSSAI will provide a green book to every household and create a dedicated website for safe and nutritious food at home.
• Similarly for schools, it will prepare a negative list of high fat, sugar and salt foods (commonly referred as junk food), seeking to ensure food safety and nutrition in and around schools, including lunch box and canteens.
• It plans to make licence from FSSAI compulsory for food businesses involved in mid-day meal scheme.
• For offices, FSSAI said the canteens and cafeterias should be registered/licenced with the food regulator. The establishment should also ensure monthly testing of kitchens, water and equipment.
• As far as religious places are concerned, FSSAI said it is engaging with the management of places of worships to help them implement the Food Safety Management System (FSMS).
• Siddhivinayak temple in Mumbai has already adopted FSMS, while Saibaba temple in Shirdi is in the process.

ANSWER: Food Safety

Explanation:

• Commemorating a decade of integrated food law in the country, and marking ten years of Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI), FSSAI announced 10@10 – 10th anniversary with 10 initiatives.
• The primary focus of the 10@10 initiative is to engage with stakeholders and consumers to create food safety culture in the country.
• This bouquet of 10 initiatives focused on safe and nutritious food at home, school, workplace, religious places, in trains and railway stations, in restaurants and other places.
• The event also saw launch of Food Safety Display Boards that would help to connect the consumers directly to food safety officers.
• Under the Corporates4FoodSafety initiative, the corporates committed themselves to collaborate, educate and inspire other stakeholders towards food safety as responsible food businesses.

ANSWER: 1

Explanation:

• Central Consumer Protection Council (CCPC), an apex body to advise the Government in the consumer related issue has expressed concern over quality of drinking water being supplied through pipeline and has recommended mandatory standards for drinking water irrespective of its source.
• At the moment Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has a standard only for bottled water. CCPC has said that the FSSAI should formulate standards for water being supply through pipeline also and should monitor its quality.
  
• The Consumer Affairs Ministry said that “Grahak Suvidha Kendras” set up are being directed to take up consumer complaints with the sector regulators or consumer courts on behalf of consumers. They said that so far 5 such centres have been set up in Ahmadabad, Bangalore, Jaipur, Kolkata, Patna and Delhi. More will be set up in other parts of the country soon.

ANSWER: Only 1

Explanation:
- Pawan Kumar Agarwal was appointed as CEO of FSSAI.
- Ashish Bahuguna is chairperson of FSSAI.
- The FSSAI has been established under the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006
- The FSSAI has its headquarters at New Delhi.
- The agency also has 8 regional offices located in Delhi, Chandigarh, Lucknow, Guwahati, Mumbai, Kolkata, Cochin and Chennai, 4 referral laboratories and 72 local laboratories located throughout India.

ANSWER: Both

Explanation:
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