NSF FOOD SAFETY INDIA

FOOD SAFETY TRAINING AND CERTIFICATION

(for Food Business Operators across the food value chain)
For Registration Email- spareek@nsf.org
Contact No: +91-9599208372

FSSAI recommends that all licensed food businesses must have at least one trained and certified Food Safety Supervisor under FoSTaC for every 25 food handlers in each premise.

COURSE

17 types of Competence based certification programmes are available under FoSTaC. Duration of each course is of 8 to 12 hours spreading over 1 to 2 days. Course have been developed by domain experts and visited by expert committee of FSSAI. Training manuals are based on general hygiene or manufacturing practices as detailed under schedule 4 of FSS Regulation courses have been divided into following 3 levels.

BASIC

Basic level certification are meant for food business. Duration of each course is of 4 hours. Course are: -
(1) Street Food Vending,(2) Catering,(3) Manufacturing / Processing,(4) Storage & Transport, and (5) Retail & Distribution

ADVANCE

Advanced courses and certification are for State & Central Licensed food business. Duration of each course is 8 hours. Course are: -
(1) Catering (2) Manufacturing / Processing, (3) Storage & Transport, and (5) Retail & Distribution

SPECIAL

Special course have been developed for high risk food business or The food business which require special attention. Duration of special course is 8-12 hours. Spread over 1-2 days. Course are: -
(1) Milk & Milk Products, (2) Meat & Poultry, (3) Fish & Sea Food, (4) Packaged Water, (5) Bakery (Level 1), (6) Bakery (Level 2), (7) Edible Oil and Fat, (8) Health Supplement

Who can attend?

Course Type	Course Duration	Industry Type
Basic (Level - 1)	4 to 6 hours	Street Food Vending; Catering; Manufacturing; Storage & Transport; Retail & Distribution.
Advance (Level -2)	8 hours	Catering; Manufacturing; Storage & Transport; Retail & Distribution.
Special (Level - 3)	4 to 8 hours	Milk & Milk Products; Meat & Poultry; Fish & Seafood; Packaged Water; Bakery; Oil

FOSTAC Training courses
COURSE CODE	COURSE NAME	DURATION	TARGET FBO	OTHER TARGET GROUP
1.1	Level 1 (Basic) Food Safety Supervisor - Street Food vending	4 hours/ Open to all. 1-2 Days	Permanent or temporary stall holders.	Examples: Street Food Vendors, tea stalls, petty retailers of snack/ tea at bus stand, railway platform.	Open to all
1.2	Level 1 (Basic) Food Safety Supervisor- Catering	6 hours/ 1-2 Days	Registered food businesses in cateringsector. Examples : Tiffin Services, food truck, small canteens, sweet shops, home based catering, dhaba, boarding houses serving food, places of worship, etc.	Any individual intending to enter the catering industry, students & professionals.
1.3	Level 1 (Basic) Food Safety Supervisor- Manufacturing	6 hours/ 1-2 Days	Registered food businesses in manufacturing/ processing sector. Examples: Small Bakery, dairy units, vegetable oil processing units, slaughtering units, meat processing units, other food processing units including relabellers & repackers.	Any individual intending to enter the manufacturing sector, students & professionals.
1.4	Level 1 (Basic) Food Safety Supervisor - Storage & Transport	6 hours/ 1-2 Days	Registered food businesses in storage and transport sector. Example: direct sellers, small godowns, specialized transport vehicles like insulated vans	Any individual intending to enter the storage and transport sector at small scale, students & professionals.
2.1	Level 2 (Advanced) Food Safety Supervisor - Catering	8 hours/ 1-2 Days	Licensed food businesses in catering sector. Examples: Restaurants, hotels, QSRs, places of worship, canteens, caterers, flight catering, rail catering.	Any individual intending to enter the catering industry, students & professionals.
2.2	Level 2 (Advanced) Food S a f e t y S u p e r v i s o r - Manufacturing	8 hours/ 1-2 Days	Licensed food businesses in manufacturing/ processing sector. Examples: Bakery, dairy units*, vegetable oil processing units, slaughtering units, meat processing units, other food processing units including relabellers & repackers.	Any individual intending to enter the manufacturing sector, students & professionals.
2.3	Level 2 (Advanced) Food Safety Supervisor- Storage & Transport	8 hours/ 1-2 Days	Licensed food businesses in storage and transport. Examples : Warehouse, cold/ refrigerated stores, specialized transport vehicles like insulated vans.	Any individual intending to enter the storage and transport sector at large scale, students& professionals.
3.1	Level 3 (Special) Milk and milk products	8 hours/ 1-2 Days	Licensed food businesses in manufacturing/ processing in a dairy unit.	Any individual intending to enter the manufacturing sector, students & professionals.
3.2	Level 3 (Special) Fish and Fishery products Meat and meat products	8 hours/ 1-2 Days	Licensed food businesses in manufacturing/ processing in Fish and Fishery products, Meat and meat products	Any individual intending to enter the manufacturing sector, students & professionals.
3.3	Level 3 (Special) Food Safety Supervisor for Manufacturing - Fish & Seafood	4 hours/ 1 Day	Licensed food businesses into manufacturing/ processing of fish and other seafood.	Any individual intending to enter the fish and other seafood industry, students & professionals.
3.4	Level 3 (Special) Package drinking water	8 hours/ 1-2 Days	Licensed food businesses in manufacturing/ processing in packaged drinking water.	Any individual intending to enter the manufacturing sector, students & professionals.
3.5	Level 3 (Special) Food Safety Supervisor for Manufacturing- Bakery	4 hours/1 Day	Licensed food businesses into manufacturing of bakery products.	Any individual intending to enter the bakery industry, students & professionals.