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Cabinet approves Cooperation Arrangement between India and Afghanistan for food safety

| @indiablooms | Apr 05, 2018, at 02:21 am

New Delhi, Apr 4 (IBNS): The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved the signing of a Cooperation Arrangement between Food Safety & Standards Authority of India (FSSAI), Ministry of Health & Family Welfare (MoH&FW) and Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation & Livestock (MAIL), Afghanistan for cooperation in the field of Food Safety and related areas.

The areas of cooperation include the following:

Establishment of a mechanism of information exchange and communication;

Facilitating technical exchange  on identified topics  of interestespecially about import procedures, quality control operations, sampling,testing, packaging and labeling;

Facilitating/organization of joint seminars, workshops, visits, lectures,training programme, etc;

Other areas of interest to the participants within their responsibilitiesas they may mutually determine.

The cooperation arrangement will facilitate information sharing training and capacity building measure and learning from each others best practice to improve food safety ecosystem.

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