Try GOLD - Free
Safe food at workplace: FSSAI certifies 500 hospitals as Eat Right Campuses’
The Morning Standard
|February 15, 2024
MORE than 500 hospitals and medical colleges in the country, mostly private, have been certified as 'Eat Right Campus' by the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI).
-
The initiative focuses on creating safe, healthy and sustainable food environments within various institutions and workplaces, including hospitals as part of FSSAI's 'Eat Right India' movement.
According to officials, Uttar Pradesh has the highest number of certified hospitals at 162. It is followed by Tamil Nadu at 75. The other states are Maharashtra (52), West Bengal (39) and Madhya Pradesh (35).
According to officials, the achievement signifies a paradigm shift within the healthcare industry, which is prioritising not just medical care but also recognising the crucial role of healthy food choices in promoting well-being of staff and visitors.
This story is from the February 15, 2024 edition of The Morning Standard.
Subscribe to Magzter GOLD to access thousands of curated premium stories, and 10,000+ magazines and newspapers.
Already a subscriber? Sign In
MORE STORIES FROM The Morning Standard
The Morning Standard
GREATEST ARTIST ON AND OFF THE FIELD
LIONEL MESSI
3 mins
December 14, 2025
The Morning Standard
CAUGHT IN A PERFECT STORM
Lax IndiGo prep to implement new rostering rules, allegedly hoping to leverage its ‘monopoly’ after massive disruptions, landed it in uncharted territory
2 mins
December 14, 2025
The Morning Standard
Delhi Aces seal semifinal berth
TPL 2025
1 min
December 14, 2025
The Morning Standard
South realtors eyeing a pie of north market
RERA reforms, land record digitisation are making North an attractive market
3 mins
December 14, 2025
The Morning Standard
27 Maoist-hit dists under MHA scanner
THE Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has said 27 districts freed from Maoists' stranglehold have been brought under the security-related expenditure (SRE) scheme to prevent return of leftwing extremism (LWE).
1 mins
December 14, 2025
The Morning Standard
Blast accused a proclaimed offender, says Srinagar court
A National Investigation Agency (NIA) court in Srinagar has declared absconding Dr Muzaffar Ahmad Rather, a resident of J&K’s Kulgam and an accused in “white-collar” Jaish terror network involved in November 10 Red Fort blast as “proclaimed offender”.
1 min
December 14, 2025
The Morning Standard
'₹92cr assets of urban Naxals' seized in 10 yrs'
IN a decade-long crackdown the security agencies have widely disrupted Naxalite operations, confiscating assets totalling ₹92 crore, the central government said on Saturday.
1 min
December 14, 2025
The Morning Standard
5.7K trees to go for U'khand highway expansion
AS environmentalists continue to protest the felling of over 6,000 trees for a highway project in Uttarkashi, another major ecological concern has emerged from the Kumaon region.
1 min
December 14, 2025
The Morning Standard
40-yr-old lynched to death in Bihar over religious identity
A 40-year-old man was lynched by a mob after ascertaining his religious identity in Bihar's Nawada district, sources said on Saturday.
1 mins
December 14, 2025
The Morning Standard
Russian ally Belarus frees 123 prisoners as US lifts sanctions
THE United States will lift sanctions on Belarusian potash in the latest sign of a thaw between Washington and the isolated autocracy
1 min
December 14, 2025
Listen
Translate
Change font size