Learn about the importance of Food Safety Training & Certification (FoSTaC) for food businesses. Find answers to FAQs and learn about different courses offered by FSSAI under FoSTaC.
FoSTaC stands for Food Safety Training & Certification is a large-scale training and certification ecosystem for Food Businesses across the food value chain. Persons successfully trained & certified under FoSTaC will be termed as Food Safety Supervisor(FSS). These Food Safety Supervisors in turn will train other food handlers in their premises, to create an ecosystem of trained persons.
Under FoSTaC, the curriculum and content for 16 courses for different kinds of food businesses on three competency levels i.e Basic, Advanced & Special has been created centrally by domain experts. Training is to be delivered through Training Partners including Large Food Businesses, Academic and Vocational Institutions, Training Agencies approved under Skill Development Councils and Missions, Industry, Scientific and Technology Associations and Civil Society Organizations.
If you have a dream and plans about making it in the Food Business. Whether you're looking for a new opportunity or want to optimize your current project a FoSTaC Training Program is absolutely mandatory by government law (Section 16(3)) & it helps you and your team know how to manage and handle food the right way taking you closer to your goals.
To bring behavioral change and inculcate a culture of food safety across the country.
To create an improved environment of self-compliance to food safety and standards.
All food businesses having central licenses or state licenses should have at least one trained and certified food safety supervisor for every 25 food-handlers or part thereof on all their premises.
FOSTAC offers seventeen courses for different types of food businesses on three different competency levels:
Basic Level Course
Advanced Level Course
FoSTaC is designed by FSSAI to fulfill its mandate Section 16(3) h of the Food Safety and Standards Act 2006.