Tiruchirappalli to train community groups on food safety and hygiene

The Tiruchirappalli City Municipal Corporation will start training members of the Tamil Nadu city’s community groups on food safety and hygiene. V P Thandapani, Commissioner, Tiruchirappalli City Municipal Corporation, said at a recent valediction of the state-level training programme on detection of food adulteration, co-organised by the Concert Trust, a voluntary organisation, and the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, Government of India.

“It is essential that people are sensitised on the need to prevent adulteration in food products and ensure hygiene. Training on food safety will be imparted to the members of community groups in association with the Concert Trust,” Thandapani added.