Visakhapatnam (India), 29/07/2023
The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) is the Apex Food Regulator of India and a Statutory Organization under the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India.
‘Eat Right India’ is FSSAI's large-scale citizen-centric flagship initiative for social and behavioural change to ensure that everyone has access to safe, healthy, and sustainable diets. Eat Right India encompasses a wide range of initiatives and programs (for more information please check www.eatrightindia.gov.in).
The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) has declared 2023 as the International Year of Millets (IYM 2023). All Ministries and Departments of the Government of India have been mandated to take up activities, events, and projects to promote and popularize the use of millets. To promote and popularize the use of millets and to nudge consumer’s behaviour towards right eating practices, the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has proposed to conduct Eat Right India - Walkathon and Millets Mela across the nation to propagate the message of Eat Right India - “Eat Safe.. Eat Healthy.. Eat Sustainable..”
As per the directions of FSSAI-HQ and the support of FSSAI-SRO, Branch Office-Visakhapatnam (FSSAI-VIZAG) in association with the RINL Vizag Steel is organizing Eat Right Walkathon between 6:00 am and 9:00 am from Ukkunagaram Club to Ukkunagaram Club (via Sector 5 Shopping Complex >> Sector 1 Shopping Complex >> CWC1 >> Sector 6 Shopping Complex)) and Eat Right Millets Mela from 9:30 am till 7:00 pm at Multipurpose Hall, Ukkunagaram Club) on Saturday, July 29th 2023 and bring together participants from various walks of life.
