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News: Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has launched NetSCoFAN (Network for Scientific Co-operation for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition)

Facts:

About NetSCoFAN

It is a network of research & academic institutions working in the area of food & nutrition
It would comprise of eight groups of institutions working in different areas. These areas are:

o biological,

o chemical,

o nutrition & labelling,

o food of animal origin,

o food of plant origin,

o water & beverages,

o food testing, and

o Safer & sustainable packaging.

Function: To identify research gaps in respective areas and collect, collate and develop database on food safety issues for risk assessment activities.