<span style="color: #222222;">Union Minister of State for Health Dr. Bharati Pawar today visited the Office of Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) in New Delhi to review their working. She flagged off Food Safety Awareness vehicles and unveiled a book on the History of Food and another cookbook on curated recipes that uses minimal salts. The National Low Salt Cooking Challenge Report was also released.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"><br />'' The Minister inspected the technical capabilities of Mobile Food Testing Vans called Food Safety on Wheels. These vans are equipped with state-of-the-art equipment to detect adulteration in submitted food items. The Minister flagged of several of these vans to supplement the food safety ecosystem across the country.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"><br />'' Speaking on the occasion, Dr Pawar observed that food is an essential component of health in a holistic sense. She said, balanced nutrition is an integral part of health. She also emphasized that the citizens are a stakeholder for food safety along with government and industry. Dr Pawar applauded the action taken by the organisation along with industry partners to take the country forward in Food Safety.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"><br />'' Dr Pawar reviewed the functions of FSSAI with regards to provisions of the recent Food Safety Act. She was apprised of specific instances of adulteration that have been de-penalised from imprisonment to fines and strengthening of provisions to punish instances of wilful adulteration using harmful substances. The view that regulations should benefit the wide section of consumers along with India's vibrant food manufacturing sector was espoused. She took a tour of the FSSAI gallery that displays India's food ecosystem in an interactive fashion.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"><br />'' The Minister observed that with the onset of globalisation and consumerism, there should be more awareness regarding the ingredients of the food we are consuming. She said, mothers and grandmothers played a key role in the food choices and nutrition of our earlier generation and there is now a pressing need to educate the next generation on food choices.</span><br />''