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INSTITUTE OF GOOD MANUFACTURING PRACTICES INDIA Institute of Good Manufacturing Practices India, (IGMPI) registered as a non-profit society with Government of India recognised by Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Government of India, accredited vocational institution of Ministry of Education, Government of India and approved by Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) presents unique and interactive platform. GMP is an essential element of industries like pharmaceutical, cosmetic, Ayurveda, biotech, homoeopathic, medical device and food manufacturing. The logo of IGMPI has a globe superscribed with its acronym in tones of light blue. The ‘I’s are depicted like capsules and its tagline ‘Enabling >quality production' is written at the bottom.

DETECT ADULTERATION WITH RAPID TEST The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has recently brought out a manual entitled ‘Detect Adulteration with Rapid Test (DART)’. This manual focuses on some common quick tests for detection of food adulterants at the household level. The purpose of the manual is to present common methods that are available for the detection of food adulterants generally found in India. The manual is meant for household use, with the aim of creating awareness and educating the consumer about food adulteration and food safety. Its emblem has a laboratory flask in which green shoots of a plant looking like a happy person are placed, meaning a reliable test or tests for consumers of food items to detect adulteration. Alongside its acronym is written in blue and its name at the bottom.

INDIAN FOOD CULTURE Indian Food Culture is a collaborative project by Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) along with other government organisations, celebrity chefs, food historians, columnists, food bloggers and street food associations, to curate, share and popularise knowledge on Indian food culture and engage people to make more informed food choices. The key initiatives of this project are: i. Developing a National Recipe Archive and ii. Creating standards and benchmarks for: 1. Clean street foods hubs; 2. Regional food festivals and 3. Food trails. Its emblem has a sixteen petalled lotus drawn like a 'rangoli' holding an orange circle having its name written in a Devanagari looking typeface, in which ‘o’s are treated as cut vegetable and tomato and ‘l’ like a stem of cereal. On the border around the circle, its tagline ‘Let’s Bring the Goodness Back!’ is written.

SAVE FOOD SHARE FOOD SHARE JOY IFSA - Save Food, Share Food, Share Joy (IFSA) is an initiative of the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India and Food Sharing Networks across India who come together to reduce food waste and hunger and to feed the needy and hungry with surplus food through structured systems. What if the major industries, food sharing organisations and active citizens could come together to reduce the amount of food being wasted in our country? At the same time, what if more food could be donated to help feed needy and hungry families? These are the goals of the Save Food, Share Food, Share Joy (IFSA), an initiative of the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India and major Food Sharing Organizations across the country IFSA brings together citizens, food businesses, corporates, civil society organisations, volunteers, government and local bodies in a coordinated manner to prevent fo

REPURPOSE USED COOKING OIL Repurpose Used Cooking Oil (RUCO) is an initiative by Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI). During frying, several properties of oil are altered, Total Polar Compounds (TPC) are formed on repeated frying. The toxicity of these compounds is associated with several diseases such as hypertension, atherosclerosis, Alzheimer’s disease, liver diseases. In order to safeguard consumer health, FSSAI has fixed a limit for Total Polar Compounds at 25 percent beyond which the vegetable oil shall not be used. FSSAI is implementing an EEE Strategy (Education, Enforcement, Ecosystem) - to divert used cooking oil from the food value chain and curb current illegal practices. Its green colour logo uses its acronym in sans serif font with the ‘O’ depicted as a symbol of recycling with a drop of oil inside the counter. At the bottom the name is written.