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qualityCII-IRCTC PartnershipThe CII Institute of Quality and Indian RailwaysCatering and Tourism Corporation’s partnership onthe World Food Day reached out to 25,000 railwaypassengers in the Shatabdi and Rajdhani Expresstrains across the country through a set of 5 FoodSafety & Quality Posters, pamphlets on ‘4 Basicsfor Food Safety’ and ‘Guidelines on Food Safety &Quality for Schools and Colleges’ and a booklet titledFood Safety Tips for All.’World Food Dayhoardings on ParkStreet, Kolkata publicity materials and advertisements industries Eateries Schools, Colleges, IndustriesYoung IndiansChildren celebrating World Food Day inLucknow12 cities, 13 programmes, 9000 people reached,including 6500 poor people fed (over 3000 of themin orphanages and old homes) and 2500 running forthe cause.RegionsCelebrations covered 36 cities hosting 44 programmesultimately touching over 65,000 people.East: 8 cities, 18 programmes with over 22,000 peoplebeing targetted over the month through posters,hoardings, press meet, food distribution, CTV/cinemaslides, and awareness campaignsNorth: 6 cities, 6 programmes targetting 800 participants,awareness sessions, food to underprivileged childrenand awareness programmes on nutritional dietWest: 3 cities, 8 programmes targetting 5000 participants,awareness fliers and questionnaires, FSQ stickers, T-shirts,radio coverage, food for underprivileged children)South: 5 cities, 5 programmes targetting over 1000people, as various interactive programmes.Food Safety & Quality for All– India Prepares For Commonwealth Games, 2010The impending Commonwealth Games affords a greatopportunity to create Delhi as a model state andtrigger nationwide actions. CII IQ’s focus during WorldFood Month was to help the Delhi State Governmentto make Delhi and NCR into a Safe Food Destinationwith CII pledging its support to upgrade food eateriesto adopt safe food and quality standards. Once thisis achieved, CII expects to successfully strengthena nationwide movement and provide support to theGovernment towards positioning India as a Safe FoodDestination.Specific CII-IQ services offered include: – Company canteens– Eateries– Schools/Colleges– State Bhawans– Government departments– Others be used for communicating the organisationscommitment to food safety and qualityCII-Food Safety Rating Matrix for EateriesBased on the FSSAI draft criteria for audit of foodestablishments, CII haspublished the e-enabled‘CII-Food Safety RatingMatrix for Eateries’(CFSRM) to assess thelevel of implementationand compliance of FoodSafety and Quality.The various criteriasections covered in thematrix are and FacilitiesCommuniqué November 2009 | 43