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Written By: Editorial Team | Updated : March 27, 2018 6:40 PM IST
Honourable Chief Minister of Maharashtra, Shri Devendra Fadnavis today inaugurated Project
'Serve Safe Food', a program run by Nestl India in collaboration with Food and Drugs
Administration (FDA), Maharashtra and NASVI. The program will train the street food vendors
in the state of Maharashtra through a mobile van on important and critical subjects like health,
hygiene, safe food handling, waste disposal and entrepreneurship with the support of the FDA
Maharashtra. Along with food safety, the aim is to help enhance the livelihoods of street food
vendors across the state.
Project 'Serve Safe Food' has already benefited close to 5000 street food vendors across India
since its launch in November 2016 and will benefit an additional 3600 street food vendors
across the state of Maharashtra.
Speaking on the occasion, peaking on the occasion, Shri Devendra Fadnavis, Hon'ble Chief
Minister, Government of Maharashtra said, "If we can make street food vendors aware of the
importance of food safety and hygiene it will lead to a brighter future for them. This initiative is
a great way to not only ensure healthy food for consumers but also enable street food vendors
to sustain better livelihoods."
Dr. Swati Piramal, Director on the Board, Nestl India and Vice Chairperson, Piramal
Enterprises Limited said, "Enhancing livelihoods and ensuring safe food is at the core of Nestl
India's societal initiatives. This training programme will enable street food vendors to serve
clean and hygienic food. This initiative will go a long way in improving the livelihood of street
food vendors and ensuring that Food served to people is safe and healthy."
Mr. Suresh Narayanan, Chairman and Managing Director, Nestl India, added, "We want to
build and share knowledge through collaborative partnerships to help improve food safety in
the country. I would sincerely like to thank the Government of Maharashtra and NASVI for
supporting this initiative and enabling all the participants today."
According to Mr. Arbind Singh, National Coordinator, NASVI, "Maharashtra has a vast number
of street food vendors and this training program will help increase their income and promote a
healthier state. NASVI also updates the data of trained street food vendors on the STREETSATHI
APP which promotes street food vendors and helps them sustain their livelihoods in turn."
