The FoSTaC Food Safety Training Program provides essential guidance on food handling, production and hygiene practices. As mandated by FSSAI under the Food Safety Act 2006, all food businesses must ensure trained supervisors, with one certified Food Safety Supervisor for every 25 staff, through an approved and authorized FSSAI training partner.
FSSAI’s FoSTaC initiative provides 17 competency-based certification programs designed to improve food safety knowledge and practices. Each course runs for 8–12 hours over 1–2 days. Developed by industry experts and reviewed by FSSAI, the training follows hygiene and manufacturing guidelines outlined in Schedule 4 of the FSS Regulations.
The safety supervisor course is a must for every FBO. It is necessary for every hotel, dhaba, restaurant, rail and flight catering services, general caterers, canteens and any organisation involved in food businesses to procure a food safety supervisor course in due time.
Here is the list of categories which mandate the certification program that licensed FBO must obtain:
Apart from this, the law also maintains that retail and distribution of food and food products must go through a safety supervisor course so that the quality is not compromised.
There are perishable products which may become infected by bacterial infection like dairy, mushrooms and cheese. Therefore, it is also important to maintain cooling in storage and during transportation. For this purpose too, a course is required.