Considering the serious challenges posed by COVID-19 to the food supply chain, FSSAI had earlier issued detailed guidelines for food businesses which can be accessed at form
In addition to this, it has launched a training programme for food businesses under Food Safety Training & Certification programme (FoSTaC) so as to enable and equip food businesses to function and reduce the contagiousness of the virus. The training will be conducted online through the empanelled Training Partners. Food businesses can visit www.fostac.fssai.gov.in or connect the FoSTaC training partners directly for this certification programme. All stakeholders in the food ecosystem including manufacturers, packers, transporters, retailers, food delivery partners and aggregators, the agencies/NGOs serving food in places including langar, community kitchens etc. should get their food handlers trained for Covid-19 precautionary measures. A certificate of participation shall be issued to the trainees through the FoSTaC portal.
