With an aim to take the process of food testing to the doorsteps of the consumers and others, the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has issued an expression of interest (EOI) to design mobile food labs. FSSAI in its EOI notice mentioned, “Proposals are invited from interested public institutions/PSUs/autonomous bodies/private organisations working in the area of food safety to design mobile food labs with an objective of detecting the common adulterants/contaminants prevalent in the food items available for public use on the spot.”
According to FSSAI, these labs will visit the local markets, households, restaurants, godowns, schools and other public places, conduct tests on the spot and declare the result, thereby creating awareness among the people and also furnish feedback to the food safety authorities. The information collected by these labs would be useful in maintaining surveillance and could also be utilised by the food safety officers, laboratories and others involved in food safety |