{"id":73215,"date":"2020-12-16T10:50:55","date_gmt":"2020-12-16T05:20:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=73215"},"modified":"2021-01-07T12:59:24","modified_gmt":"2021-01-07T07:29:24","slug":"qci-launches-recognition-scheme-for-hygiene-rating-audit-agencies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/qci-launches-recognition-scheme-for-hygiene-rating-audit-agencies\/","title":{"rendered":"QCI Launches Recognition Scheme for Hygiene Rating Audit Agencies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pib.gov.in\/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1680753\">Click here<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>News:<\/strong>\u00a0Quality Council of India(QCI) at the behest of the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India(FSSAI) has launched a \u201cScheme for approval of Hygiene Rating Audit Agencies\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Objective:\u00a0<\/strong>To scale up Hygiene Rating by increasing the number of recognised Hygiene Rating Audit Agencies in the country.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Additional Facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Food Hygiene Rating Scheme:\u00a0<\/strong>It is a certification system by FSSAI for food businesses supplying food directly to consumers, either on or off premise.The food establishments are rated based on food hygiene and safety conditions observed at the time of audit.<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/what-is-quality-council-of-india\/\">Quality Council of India<\/a> (QCI):<\/strong>\u00a0It was set up in 1997 jointly by the Government of India and the Indian Industry to establish and operate national accreditation structure and promote quality through National Quality Campaign.\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Nodal Ministry<\/strong>: Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade, Ministry of Commerce &amp; Industry is the nodal department for QCI.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Chairman<\/strong>: The Chairman of QCI is appointed by the Prime Minister on the recommendation of the industry to the government.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/what-is-fssai-what-are-its-functions\/\"><strong>FSSAI<\/strong><\/a>: It is a statutory, autonomous body established under the Ministry of Health &amp; Family Welfare.It is responsible for protecting and promoting public health through the regulation and supervision of food safety.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Read Also :-<a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/economy-quiz-mcqs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">indian economy quiz<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source:\u00a0Click here News:\u00a0Quality Council of India(QCI) at the behest of the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India(FSSAI) has launched a \u201cScheme for approval of Hygiene Rating Audit Agencies\u201d. Facts: Objective:\u00a0To scale up Hygiene Rating by increasing the number of recognised Hygiene Rating Audit Agencies in the country. Additional Facts: Food Hygiene Rating Scheme:\u00a0It is&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/qci-launches-recognition-scheme-for-hygiene-rating-audit-agencies\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">QCI Launches Recognition Scheme for Hygiene Rating Audit Agencies<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[959],"tags":[1449],"class_list":["post-73215","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-schemes","tag-agri_7","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704924500},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73215","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=73215"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73215\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73215"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73215"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73215"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}