After 23 children died of food poisoning subsequent to eating their mid-day meal in Bihar, the Pune division of Food and Drug Administration is taking all possible steps to ensure that such an incident doesn&rsquo;t happen here. <img alt="FDA" src="http://images.mid-day.com/2013/jul/FDA_2.jpg" style="width: 500px; height: 322px;" /> Representation Pic The FDA plans to inspect all Self-Help Groups (SHG) for food-handling procedures, and may even take sample of food for tests. &ldquo;We have a list of the SHGs that are licensed or are registered according to the Food Safety and Standard Act 2006 (FSSA). We plan to appoint a Food Safety Officer (FSO) for each area, who will check each and every SHG site where the food is prepared. Besides, he&rsquo;ll inspect the food-handling procedure and may even take samples if required,&rdquo; informed Sashikant Kekare, joint commissioner, FDA (Food). There are 121 SHGs that are registered with the FDA. Besides, the authorities have slapped notices to SHGs that haven&rsquo;t registered yet. The Pune division of the FDA even held a meeting of SHGs, which was attended by 16 groups. Shivaji Desai, assistant commissioner, FDA (Food), said, &ldquo;We had called meeting of the various SHGs that supply mid-day meal to various city schools to inform about the drive.&rdquo;u00a0

Food authority officers to inspect all self-help groups supplying mid-day meals to children for food-handling procedures; may even take samples for tests if necessary

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