The Indira Gandhi National Open University's (IGNOU's) Centre for Corporate Education Training & Consultancy (CCETC) and School Of Agriculture (SOA) has signed a Memorandum Of Understanding (MoU) with Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) to develop training module on food safety and hygiene for housewives in their pursuit to learning and acquiring certain skills in respect of food safety.
The MoU was signed by the Registrar of IGNOU, U.S. Tolia and the Director of FSSAI, Asim Choudhary.
According to the MoU, IGNOU shall develop training module on food safety for housewives/ young girls by constituting a group to develop training module which will have book form with questions and self assessment format. A separate CD shall also be developed containing the study materials and questions for use by the students along with an online platform for easy access to reading material.