Food Street Project

About Food Street Project  :

• It is aimed at developing 100 healthy and hygienic food-streets across the country.
• The project seeks to encourage safe and healthy food practices, reduce foodborne illnesses and improve overall health outcomes.
• To operationalize the food streets, the National Health Mission will provide assistance of one crore rupees per food street.
• Financial assistance would be provided for activities such as the provision of safe drinking water, hand washing, toilet facilities, and appropriate liquid and solid waste disposal.
• The initiative will be implemented through NHM in convergence with the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs.
• The Health Ministry has taken various steps to improve the hygiene and food safety standards protocols for food street hubs.
• These initiatives include training of food handlers, independent third-party audits, and certification under the Clean Street Food Hub initiative of the Eat Right India movement.  

 

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Q1) What are foodborne illnesses called?

Foodborne illness (food poisoning) is caused by consuming contaminated food, beverages, or water and can be a variety of bacteria, parasites, viruses and/or toxins. Many of these pathogens can be acquired through more than just food, beverages, or water.

Source: Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya reviews ‘Food Street Project’ to develop 100 healthy, hygienic Food Streets across the country