State Food Safety Index 2020-21

• 21 Sep 2021

• The third State Food Safety Index was released on 20^th September 2021.
• The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) releases the State Food Safety Index annually based on the overall performance on food safety indices.
• The first such report was released on World Food Safety Day on June 7, 2019.
• FSSAI’s State Food Safety Index (SFSI) measures the performance of States on five parameters of food safety:
  • Human Resources and Institutional Data (20% weightage)
  • Compliance (30% weightage)
  • Food Testing – Infrastructure and Surveillance (20% weightage)
  • Training & Capacity Building (105 weightage)
  • Consumer Empowerment (20% weightage)

Source: Food Safety and Standards Authority of India