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As part of the ‘Safe food, healthy childhood, empowered Maharashtra’ campaign, FDA has already trained 4,919 teachers in 3,567 schools across the state, said Mundhe, so that they can impart a healthy food culture among children. This is part of the ‘Eat Right India’ campaign launched by the FSSAI in 2017.
Going forward, schools will have to nominate health and wellness ambassadors – they could be select teachers – who will also serve as nodal officers on food regulations, and conduct awareness campaigns on food. Warnings on what constitutes unhealthy food should be writ large at each school’s entrance, said the commissioner. Schools will have to conduct four food safety awareness campaigns every year by promoting safe and balanced diets, adhering to the dietary guidelines of the National Institute of Nutrition.
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Reacting to FDA’s latest rollout, secretary of the Archdiocese Board of Education, Rev Fr Thomson Kinny said, “Street vendors are not under the control of schools. So, asking the management to police the area is unreasonable.”
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