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Nestlé Training Program

NASVI and Nestle India join hands to raise awareness Food Vendors

Recognizing the potential of Street Food Vending as an important source of livelihood, National Association of Street Food Vendors of India (NASVI) joined hands with Nestlé India to raise awareness and education on Food Safety Practices and Hygiene among vendors

Food vendors in Goa are at the receiving end of a makeover. An ambitious food safety and hygiene training-cum-certification programme is underway to ensure clean food to customers. It is a pilot project under the Serve Safe Food @ Street Food initiative of the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI).

Under the initiative street food vendors are due for a transformation. They will be trained to maintain sanitation in cooking and serving. Proof of training (as per norms) will be a certificate issued by the Food and Drug Administration department. Vendors will also present themselves to customers sleekly. Clad in clean tees, cap and apron they will be matching restaurants in smartness. this partnership, Nestle India and NASVI has given training around 8000 street food vendors in different States. The day-long session which was conducted through NASVI’s training center and comprised subjects such as health, hygiene, food handling, food safety, personal hygiene, cart hygiene, cleaning and chemicals, pest control, garbage disposal and entrepreneurship. The participants will also be awarded a certificate at the end of the training.

Project Serve Safe Food was expanded in North India, Uttar Pradesh, after training more than 21500 street food vendors across 19 states.

Project Serve Safe Food was expanded in North India, Uttar Pradesh, after training more than 21500 street food vendors across 19 states. Under the auspices of FoSTaC, a successful training programme in Uttar Pradesh was completed in partnership with the Food Safety Department and the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI). The project focused on COVID-19 acceptable behaviour, health, cleanliness, food handling safety measures, trash disposal, plastic waste management, and entrepreneurship for street food vendors. Since the introduction of COVID, customers have prioritised sanitation and food safety and the use of digital payments as a safer choice. Vendors gained knowledge of sanitation practices and the Food Safety Act as a result of this training. The training will assist them in regaining economic stability following the COVID Pandemic and resuming their everyday lives.

The NASVI team began mobilisation with the local NASVI leaders a few days before the training. In addition, representatives from Nestle and the FDA assisted in mobilisation.

The NASVI team, in collaboration with Nestle India, was scheduled to train 2000 street food sellers in Varanasi and Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. The NASVI team began mobilisation with the local NASVI leaders a few days before the training. In addition, representatives from Nestle and the FDA assisted in mobilisation.
We had such great feedback from the community, but we also had to deal with many obstacles. Surveys and meetings were held on a market-by-market basis. Many meetings with vendor executives were held. The street food vendors’ contact information was compiled into a complete plausible list. Vendors were contacted and messages were provided to ensure batch-specific training. We kept in mind that there will only be 30 to 35 vendors, so we chose a large training hall with chairs separated by two feet. Even during mobilisation, street vendors were educated on COVID best practises.


The inauguration session of street food vendors was held in the local Amaya Hotel.

Many towns’ signature dish is street food. The relevance of street cuisine has grown as a result of its variety and flavor. Mr. Kaushal Raj Sharma, the District Magistrate of Varanasi, remarked in an initial session of street food vendor training on “Serve Safe Food” at the local Amaya Hotel that government programmes like Street Food Hub and Eat Right are being run.

NASVI (National Association of Street Sellers of India) is teaching and certifying street food vendors on food safety as part of the “Serve Safe Food” project, which is being run in collaboration with Nestle India. Food Standards Authority of India, Government of India, Food Safety and Drug Administration, Varanasi, has consistently backed it.

Others in attendance included Sri Sanjat Pratap Singh, FDO Miss Ankita Tiwari ASM of Nestle India, and Sri Sanjat Pratap Singh, FDO Miss Ankita Tiwari ASM of Nestle India.

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