ICAR-NMRI organises hands-on training on the determination of residues and contaminants in meat

29th January – 2nd February 2024, Hyderabad

The ICAR-National Meat Research Institute, Hyderabad, and the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India, New Delhi jointly organised a 5-day Hands-On Training on the Determination of Residues and Contaminants in Meat as per FSSR, 2011 specialized regarding Detection of Antibiotics, Pesticides, and Heavy Metals at ICAR-NMRI, Hyderabad from 29th January – 2nd February 2024.

Dr. S.B. Barbuddhe, Director, ICAR-NMRI, highlighted the safety issues and the challenges in foods of animal origin and ways and means to achieve food safety in the country, in his inaugural address.

Dr. K. Banerjee, Director, ICAR NRC Grapes, Pune, Dr. Anoop Krishnan, EIC, Kochi, Dr. Vandana Tripathi, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, Dr. Nirmali Saikia, National Institute of Plant Health Management, Hyderabad were present during the programme.

The training program covered fifteen lectures on various aspects of meat food safety and residues and contaminants analysis.

More than 9 participants including two women belonging to State governments and private food laboratories from Delhi, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Bihar, and Telangana, attended the training program.

(Source: ICAR-National Meat Research Institute, Hyderabad)