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NEW DELHI: To prevent food wastage, the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI), in association with NASSCOM Foundation, is coming up with a technology platform for Food Donation in India.

The platform would have a 24-hour helpline number, an interactive application and a back-end website to connect donors with surplus edibles to food distribution organisations and will lead to seamless distribution of surplus food to the needy across the country," FSSAI has said in a statement.

The platform will also facilitate registration of surplus food distribution organisations, and initially, the network of 81 such organizations across India, known as the Indian Food Sharing Alliance (IFSA) will be a part of this platform, the statement said.

This much-needed  solution will provide an easy accessible platform that will cater to different stakeholders like food businesses, hoteliers, caterers, individuals etc and facilitate food donation in any part of the country, FSSAI has said.

“This would definitely provide a recognition to the organisations involved in surplus food distribution and would help in reducing the wastage of food in the country through food donation,” says FSSAI CEO Pawan Agarwal.

Ashok Pamidi, CEO, Nasscom Foundation, said the collaboration is a significant step in the direction of leveraging tech for solutions and the foundation hopes to bring about more such engagements in future.