The National Restaurant Association of India (NRAI) Hyderabad Chapter, along with the Food Safety Wing of Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) and the FoSTaC initiative of FSSAI, organized a training and awareness session for food handlers on sanitary and hygienic practices. The first session was attended by 100 food handlers and conducted by Dr. Purushottam, a Diamond Trainer from FSSAI. The training session had staff members from over 40 brands in the city present. Ravi Kiran, GHMC Additional Commissioner (Health), FoSTaC FSSAI officials, Sudarshan Reddy, and Balaji Raju from GHMC Health were also present.
Ravi Kiran mentioned that they will work with NRAI Hyderabad to improve food safety in GHMC by providing training to food handlers from the restaurant industry as a part of the FoSTaC training initiative of FSSAI. Sampath, president of NRAI Hyderabad Chapter, stated that they will make this training mandatory for restaurant owners to enhance food safety standards in the region. They also plan to conduct more training sessions in Hyderabad every month. These sessions will be free for members of NRAI Hyderabad Chapter.
The organization of the session was assisted by Sampath Tummala, Head of NRAI Hyderabad Chapter; Shankar Krishnamurthy, Fusion 9, National Management Committee Member NRAI; Kavitha Mantha, Sage Farm Café, National Management Committee Member NRAI, Secretary NRAI Hyderabad Chapter; and Faisal Tayabbali, Euphoria Bakery, Joint Secretary NRAI Hyderabad Chapter.
