Government of India has launched the Surakshit Khadya Abhiyan, a nation wide campaign, to create mass awareness and capacity building for safe and hygienic food. The campaign was launched by Union Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Ram Vilas Paswan. The ambitious campaign, planned by CII, Consumer Organization VOICE, and National Association of Street Vendors of India (NASVI), is an effort towards building a culture of food safety in India. The ministry also launched a website and a logo of the campaign and also signed a pledge for adopting safe food practices.
Facts About Hygiene
- More than 200 diseases are spread through food.
- Contaminated food can cause long-term health problems.
- Foodborne diseases affect vulnerable people harder than other groups. Food contamination also affects the economy and society as a whole.
- Hands are the biggest spreaders of germs in the home. Studies show that hand washing lowers the transmission of diarrhoea and colds.
- The average person sheds up to 10 g of dead skin a week and up to 18 kg in their lifetime. The bedroom is the perfect breeding ground for dust mites, which feed on dead skin.
- The kitchen sink typically contains 100,000 times more germs than a bathroom or lavatory.
