100 food streets to be adopted during first phase of Surakshit Khadya Abhiyan

Surakshit Khadya Abhiyan – An initiative to develop a culture of food safety in the country.(Rolled out in July 2015)

Planned By : Confederation of Indian Industry(CII) and partners.

The partners includes consumer organisation VOICE, and National Association of Street Vendors of India ( NASVI)

Supported By : The ministry of consumer affairs and public distribution

This campaign is targeting especially the street vendors.

Objective : To improve the consumer awareness on food safety aspects like labels,storage conditions and related hygienic practices

During the first phase of this campaign 100 food streets will be  adopted.Nation-wide sensitisation sessions on cleaning, hygiene and sanitation for safe food, walkathons and media dissemination programmes for consumers and street food industries will be organised across the country.

Food Safety Advocacy and Capacity Building programmes across Delhi, the North-East, Mumbai, Bangalore, Lucknow, Jamshedpur, Pune, Ahmedabad, Kolkata, Chennai and Siliguri, among others will be organised by CII