FOOD SAFETY DRIVES FOR SUSTAINED DEVELOPMENT- A STUDY

Abstract

National Food Safety Mission has been seen both as a social safety net for vulnerable sections of the population and as an educational intervention aimed at ensuring that children go to school and that their learning is improved by elimination of hunger in the class room. The role of Food safety drives as social safety nets may have been enhanced on the context of the recent and persisting global food, fuel and financial crises and high rates of food inflation in most parts of the world. In this context, the experience of a large and populous developing country like India with respect to Food safety drives becomes relevant for other countries seeking to initiate or to strengthen and expand such programmes. This research study provides a descriptive summary of India’s experience with Food safety drives, focusing mainly on the state of Tamil Nadu and it capital city Chennai, where it all started in India, the place that saw the launch of a national initiative in this regard.