PANAJIDirectorate of Food and Drugs Administration has informed that Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has launched the BHOG Certification (Blissful Hygienic Offering to God) for places of worship to ensure that best quality food (Prasad) is offered. It encourages places of worship to adopt and maintain food safety and hygiene in preparation and serving ‘prasad’ along with training of food handlers for basic food safety and hygiene. The certification also includes principles of ‘Eat Right Campaign’ which is based on two broad pillars namely “Eat Healthy” and “Eat Right”. After successful audit of the place of worship it becomes recognised/certified. All the places of worship which serve ‘prasad’ are advised to obtain BHOG Certification. The first step towards this is obtaining an FSSAI Registration Certification which is a requirement, and hence, those interested are requested to comply with the same before July 30.
