FSSAI’s leftover food bank becomes a reality (HT File)
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The move is an attempt to reduce food wastage
Country’s top food regulator— Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI), on Monday launched an integrated web-based platform wherein people can offer surplus meal to the hungry.
Union minister of state for health Ashwini Choubey was present during the launch of The Indian Food Recovery Alliance (IFRA) initiative that will guide citizens and food recovery agencies on ways to prevent food loss and also how to safely recover the surplus food.
The platform allows donors, individuals and volunteers to register themselves under the initiative. The donors will be able to track the status of the food they had donated, using personalised logins.
“It is not enough that food is available but the food should be nutritious as well,” said Choubey. He was addressing the gathering at the national ‘Conclave on Nutrition Security: Partnership and Convergence’ organised by the FSSAI on the occasion of World Food Day.
He emphasised the need to raise awareness about nutritious food and cautioned people against adulteration.
Rhythma Kaul is the national health editor of the Hindustan Times. She has been reporting on public health, medicine, and medical research, with a particular focus on how government decisions and health system reforms shape people’s lives. Rhythma has over 25 years of journalistic experience. She joined Hindustan Times in 2008, and has since covered everything from pandemics and infectious diseases to cutting‑edge medical research and climate‑related health challenges. Her stories routinely track the work of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, department of pharmaceuticals, and key national health programmes, making complex medical science and policy accessible to a wide audience. One of her prominent news breaks has been the 2012 Baby Falak case: A two-year-old brutally battered baby girl was admitted to AIIMS-Delhi with severe head injuries, multiple fractures, human bite marks, and burns. The police investigation revealed this to be a case of multi-state human-trafficking racket. She was profiled by The Wall Street Journal for breaking this story. Rhythma holds a Master’s degree from Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi. Prior to Hindustan Times, she worked with the India Today Group. Rhythma can be contacted at rhythma.kaul@hindustantimes.com. Her X handle is @RamblingBrook.
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