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FSSAI invites applications for membership in Scientific Committee, Panels
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Wednesday, 12 October, 2022, 08 : 00 AM [IST]
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Ashwani Maindola, New Delhi
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The FSSAI has invited applications for the membership in Scientific Committee –SC and Scientific Panels- SPs for the period from 2023 to 2025. Eligible scientists / individual experts having experience in the areas of food safety, applied nutrition, regulatory food science and / or related fields for the membership in the SC and various SPs can apply.
The notice issued by the FSSAI says that the applicants should have five years of R&D experience in the area of food safety & applied nutrition and/or regulatory food science.
The last date for submission of application was November 4, 2022.
According to the FSSAI, the Food Authority’s major scientific arms are the SC and SPs. Both of these bodies provide necessary scientific opinion and assist in development of standards through a well-defined process. In addition to these two statutory scientific entities, the Food Authority has also established some non-statutory bodies which interface with the SC and SPs.
The Scientific Committee is a statutory body consisting of six independent experts (nominated by the Food Authority and not belonging to any of the SPs) and Chairpersons of all the SPs, as Members.
Currently, it has a strength of 27 Members. The SC acts as the link between SPs and the Food Authority. It mainly examines the recommendations made by each of the panel and further recommends them for approval by the Food Authority. This is the highest body that is responsible for providing scientific opinion to the Food Authority.
SPs, on the otherhand, are made for the purpose of developing standards and for providing scientific opinions to the FSSAI. Currently, there are a total of 21 SPs covering aspects related to particular food commodities (called the vertical panels; e.g., milk and milk products) and aspects that span across different commodities (referred to as horizontal panels; e.g., pesticides residues in food commodities).
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