NetProFaN

NETWORK OF PROFESSIONALS
OF FOOD AND NUTRITION

Food is at the foundation of good health and a key element for preventive healthcare. Over the past few years, the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI), has been deeply engaged with a wide-section of professionals in its efforts to ensure safe and wholesome food for all citizens. This has helped the FSSAI to take a holistic approach to food and nutrition through cross-fertilization of ideas amongst professionals of different disciplines. It is now felt that this engagement, which is primarily at the national level or restricted to a few metros be broadened to cover States and UTS and eventually as many districts and cities as possible across the country.
NetProFaN is thus envisioned as a collective of professionals in the areas of food, nutrition and public health that come together to promote safe food and healthy diets for all and draw upon the expertise of professionals outside the network as well.

Members of NetProFaN:

Indian Dietetic Association(IDA)

Nutrition Society of India (NSI)

Indian Medical Association (IMA)

Association of Food Technologists and Scientists (AFSTI)

The Indian Federation of Culinary Associations (IFCA)

Association of Analytical Chemists, India Chapter (AOAC)

Indian Dental Association (IDA)

India Association for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (IAPEN)

Indian Public Health Association (IPHA)

Vision

To enable and empower 130 cr. citizens to have safe, nutritious and wholesome food . A healthy country is a prosperous country.
This is possible only when the entire food ecosystem rallies behind this cause and not through only government directives and policing but definitely within a framework.
It is a journey of inclusiveness, where every stakeholder has a role.
To put a structure and shape to this thought, it is planned to create a platform of professional bodies associated with food and nutrition with FSSAI as the fulcrum.

Mission

Provide technical inputs towards various food and nutrition efforts in the country.

Outreach and engagement direct to consumers, support government programmes.

Professional development of members.

Objective

Communicate scientific knowledge in the most appropriate manner with the citizens of all strata of the country.

Document and disseminate the recent scientific knowledge and developments in the field of food and nutrition amongst its members.

Develop and train a body of professionals in the field of food and nutrition.

Enable further growth of the associations and professional development of its members

Expand the knowledge-base of the profession through collaboration across disciplines

Support various flagship programmes of the Government on food and nutrition

Enable further growth of the associations and professional development of its members

Expand the knowledge-base of the profession through collaboration across disciplines

Support various flagship programmes of the Government on food and nutrition

The Network would support and give further momentum to the "Eat Right India" movement initiated by the FSSAI. This Network is envisaged as a self-sustaining model functional at national, state and city levels to adapt and implement activities to address local needs and issues in a phased manner.

Phase 1: Initiate its activities across 20 cities

Phase 2: Incorporate learnings from phase 1 and expand reach to 20 additional cities.

ABOUT

NetProFaN is envisaged as a platform, hosted by the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI), to leverage the collective strengths of the professional associations and bodies in food and nutrition, to foster innovations and enhance complementarity across these bodies.

In addition, this Network will leverage the resources, skills, expertise and knowledge of its members to support the national efforts in improving food and nutrition indicators.

CONTACT US

Address Information

FDA Bhawan, Kotla Road, New Delhi

Call Now

011-23220994

E-Mail

netprofan.eri@gmail.com