PANAJI
V M Salgaocar Institute of International Hospitality Education (VMSIIHE) was awarded the ‘Eat Right Campus’ certification after passing a thorough audit of institutional practices. The FSSAI Eat Right Campus felicitation was hosted by the Directorate of Food and Drugs Administration (FDA), Bambolim. Prof Irfan Mirza, director/principal of VMSIIHE received the framed certification at the hands of the team at FDA. It is the first hospitality institute in India and also in the state of Goa to obtain the certification with a 5-star rating. The prestigious certification has been obtained under the central government’s ‘Eat Right Campus’ initiative of the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI).
“The extensive certification process was carried out by the Institute in assistance with Indianeers Food Safety Management, an empanelled agency and training programme partner of Food Safety Training and Certification (FOSTAC) authorised by the FSSAI,” said chef Sebastian Breitinger, professor of Culinary Arts at VMSIIHE. The institute has started a poster campaign to highlight the perils of food wastage and how to control the phenomenon.
