The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) proposes to support innovative R&D proposals pertaining to food safety and quality control by providing financial assistance to Institutes/Organizations to undertake research proposals in this area which will enable FSSAI to generate knowledge that would help in continuously updating and upgrading food safety standards which are compatible with international standards and also to carry out evidence based studies for improving or building policies.

Guidelines for the scheme of R&D studies for food quality and safety is available at

http://fssai.gov.in/portals/0/pdf/Scheme_Food_Quality_Safety_Research_29_02_2016.pdf

Applications for such R&D Projects may be send at the following address:

Advisor (Standards) Food Safety and Standards Authority of India R&I Section, 3rd Floor FDA Bhawan, Kotla Road, New Delhi- 110 002. Tele-fax: 91-11-23215024 E-mail: standards@fssai.gov.in

  1. Introduction

The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has been established under the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006 as a statutory body for laying down science based standards for articles of food and for regulating manufacturing, processing, storage, distribution, sale and import of food so as to ensure the availability of safe and wholesome food for human consumption. In furtherance of the mandate, the Authority proposes to support innovative R&D proposals pertaining to food safety and quality control by providing financial assistance. Similarly, in developing evidence based polices on relevant issues, the Authority may contract studies at Entities.

  1. Objectives:

Objective of the scheme is to (i) generate new knowledge that would help in continuously updating and upgrading food safety standards which are compatible with international organizations and (ii) carry out evidence based studies for improving or building policies

  1. Eligible Organisations:
  • Academic institutions & universities;
  • Publicly funded R&D laboratories, both in Central & State Government;
  • In-house R&D units & Scientific and Industrial Research Organizations (SIROs) recognized by Department of Science and industrial research (DSIR); (here in after referred to Entities)

For more details visit:

http://www.fssai.gov.in/Outreach/SurveysStudiesRD.aspx