Data Sheet - Tamil Nadu

A. Human Resources and Institutional Data Total Marks: 20

Last updated on : 20 May, 2022   

Governance

# Title Value
A1 State Food Safety Commissioner (Full-time/Part-time/Additional Charge) Part Time / Additional Charge
A2 Ideal strength of Designated Officers as per FSSAI 39
A3 Number of Full time Designated Officers 32
A4 Ideal strength of Food Safety Officers as per FSSAI 391
A5 Number of Full time Food Safety Officers 267
A6 Whether State Level Advisory Committee (SLAC) has been constituted (Y/N) Yes
A7 Number of SLAC meeting held during year 2021-2022 0
A8 Number of District Level Advisory Committee (DLAC) constituted 32
A9 Total number of DLAC meeting held during year 2021-2022 98
A10 Number of Adjudicating Officers 38
A11 Number of adjudication cases filed ( 2021-2022) 3121
A12 Number of adjudication cases pending at the beginning of the financial year ( 2021-2022) 1579
A13 Number of adjudication cases decided 2896
A14 Whether State/UT has State Appellate Tribunal (Y/N) Yes
A15 Number of CAC meeting attended by Food Safety Commissioner, himself/herself (not attended by representative) 4
A16 Marks on Recommendation of committee ( 10 % of the total marks)
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Remark By : Tamil Nadu - Food Commissioner 20 May, 2022
Ideal strength of Designated Officer is 32 and Ideal strength of food safety officer at field level is 391

B. Compliance Total Marks: 30

Last updated on : 12 May, 2022

Licensing and Registrations

# Title Value
B1 Number of special drives/ camps for licensing/ registrations organised 418
B2 Total number of active licenses issued till 31.3.2022 0
B3 Number of Licences auto-generated 0
B4 Number of fresh licences issued during 2021-2022 0
B5 Number of fresh licences issued during last year ( 2020-2021) 0
B6 Total number of active registration certificate issued till 31.3.2022 0
B7 Number of Registration certificate auto-generated 0
B8 Number of fresh registration certificates issued during year 2021-2022 0
B9 Number of fresh registration certificates issued during last year ( 2020-2021) 0

Inspections and Sampling

# Title Value
B10 Whether the State/UT has Monthly/Quarterly plan for Inspection of high-risk FBOs
Yes
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B11 Total number inspections conducted (2021-2022) 0
B12 Expected number of enforcement samples 0
B13 Number of enforcement samples drawn 19858

Consumer Grievences

# Title Value
B14 Total number of consumer grievances received during 2021-2022 0
B15 Number of Consumer Grievances pending 0
B16 If Help Desk/Help Line for consumers and FBOs is available(Y/N)
If yes provide the Helpline Number.
Yes
9444042322
B17 Whether State web portal for consumers and FBOs grievances is established (Y/N)
If Yes provide the website address.
Yes
https://foodsafety.tn.gov.in
B18 Marks on Recommendation of committee ( 10 % of the total marks)
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Remark By : Tamil Nadu - Food Commissioner 05 May, 2022
State web portal is under process. It will come into force soon

C. Food Testing- Infrastructure and Surveillance Total Marks: 20

Last updated on : 12 May, 2022

Food Testing Infrastructure & Surveillance

# Title Value
C1 Number of State Food Testing Labs (SFTL) 6
C2 Number of SFTL accredited by NABL 6|_6|_0
C3 Testing Facility in the State Food Testing Labs (SFTL) No Labs/Labs with basic functionality only
C4 Average testing time taken in SFTL (in days) for(Chemical & Microbiological) 7|_12
C5 Number of Food Analysts in SFTL 6|_3
C6 Number of technical personnel in SFTL 108|_88
C7 Activities conducted through FSW: 2|_52|_3870|_119
C8 Participation in INFoLNET (Indian Food Laboratory Network) Registered but not fully functional
C9 Does the State has its own Surveillance Plan? Y/N.
Yes
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C10 Number of Samples received 3052
C11 Number of Samples analysed 3660
C12 Marks on Recommendation of committee ( 10 % of the total marks)
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Remark By : Tamil Nadu - Food Commissioner 12 May, 2022
Inposition of Technical personnel is 88. Among 88, 22 posts filled on time scale and 66 posts filled on contract basis

D. Training and Capacity Building Total Marks: 10

Last updated on : 11 May, 2022

Regulatory Training of Officers & Staff

# Title Value
D1 Any specific/special training conducted by States/UTs for FSOs/ DOs (2021-2022) Yes
D2 Number of FSOs and DOs trained in food fortification (2021-2022) 306
D3 Target of State to Conduct FoSTaC trainings under MoU (2021-2022) 40
D4 Number of FoSTaC trainings conducted by State ( 2021-2022) against D3 48
D5 Number of Food Safety Supervisors trained 0
D6 Marks on Recommendation of committee ( 10 % of the total marks)
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Remark By : Tamil Nadu - Food Commissioner 11 May, 2022
32 DOs and 274 FSOs were trained in food fortification

E. Consumer Empowerment and FSSAI Initiatives Total Marks: 20

Last updated on : 17 May, 2022

Coverage of Food Fortification

# Title Value
E1 Coverage of Food Fortification in Government Safety Net Programs for Oil (O), Milk (M), Wheat flour (W), Rice (R), Salt-Double fortified (S) in State -
E2 Food Fortification Awareness in districts: Number of workshop/sensitization programs/awareness program conducted for food fortification 32
E3 Food Fortification trainings conducted in districts 32
E4 Number of Districts Participated in Eat Right Challenge 17
E5 Certification in any of the Five initiatives in a FY 2021-2022 0|_409|_11|_4|_456|_0
E6 Target of number of Hygiene ratings assigned to State under MoU 1000
E7 Number of Hygiene Ratings done Against E6 2576
E8 IEC activities undertaken By State/UTs: This may include any awareness activity or media campaigns, translation, dubbing etc by the State. This may also include Eat Right Melas conducted or any other awareness activities)
  • *Not included-
  • (* Awareness through mobile food safety wheels
  • * Licensing and registration Drives/camps )
Yes
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E9 Marks on Recommendation of committee ( 10 % of the total marks)
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Remark By : Tamil Nadu - Food Commissioner 17 May, 2022
IEC ACTIVITIES SENT TO apoorva.srivastav@fssai.gov.in