IFPRI Research Fellow Devesh Roy published an op-ed in The Economic Times on consumer knowledge of food safety. “As of now, consumers do not know what is ‘safe food’ and how and where to get it,” he wrote. “Hence, the government needs to create a credible, commonly accepted and acknowledged system of third-party food certification and educate the consumers about it in a mission mode.”
Why without consumers knowing what safe food is, food safety will remain a half-baked idea (The Economic Times)
June 23, 2015