Kerala secured first spot in the 2024 State Food Safety Index
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Kerala secured first spot in the 2024 State Food Safety Index (SFSI).
Kerala, Tamil Nadu, and Jammu & Kashmir are the top 3 performers on the State Food Safety Index 2024.
State Food Safety Index (SFSI) has been released by the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI).
Gujarat and Nagaland got special mentions and acknowledgement in the State Food Safety Index.
The report has been unveiled at the inaugural session of the Global Food Safety Regulators Summit.
FSSAI noted that Kerala has achieved more than 100 per cent of its inspection target in FY24.
The index evaluates state and union territories on five parameters: Human Resources and Institutional Data, Compliance, Food Testing-Infrastructure and Surveillance, Training and Capacity Building, and Consumer Empowerment.
This Index was created in 2018-19 to create a competitive and positive change in the food safety ecosystem in the country.
FSSAI has also launched the Food Import Rejection Alerts (FIRA).
It is an online portal to notify the public and relevant food safety authorities about food import rejections at Indian borders.
