MoU will be signed with ministries and CAPF for promotion of Shree Anna: FSSAI
safefoodmitra.com · 2023-11-01 19:12:37
New Delhi: There is a need to emphasise on preventive health care in the country and for this, necessary changes in the diet should be made most essential stated Sudhansh Pant, Secretary, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India while delivering his keynote address at the Eat Right Summit 2023 on Monday.
The summit organised under the auspices of the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) focussed on the theme 'Shree Anna,' in alignment with the ongoing International Year of Millets 2023. Numerous other health and nutrition experts, including G. Kamala Vardhana Rao, Chief Executive Officer, FSSAI, and many health and nutrition experts participated in the day-long summit and shared their valuable insights.
Pant described “Shree Anna” as a good alternative and further advised that it would be a good initiative to have some shops offering Shree Anna-based dishes in the healthy and hygienic food streets which are being upgraded across the country by the MoHFW.
Mentioning the MoU signed between the FSSAI and the Ministry of Defense, Pant quoted “Just as healthy recipes have been prepared for the brave soldiers protecting the country, similarly, MoU may be signed with other ministries and Central Armed Police Forces, through this, Shree Anna based food can be introduced to the plates of more and more people's."