CIFT Training In Better Safety Of Fishery Products

Visakhapatnam: Visakhapatnam Research Centre of ICAR-Central Institute of Fisheries Technology (ICAR-CIFT) on Monday launched a training programme for graduate students on ‘Augmenting Safety of Fish and Fishery Products through Microbiological Testing’.

The five-day programme is practical oriented aimed at enhancing the skills of the students in testing fish and fishery products for food safety specifically focussing on microbiological and biotechnological methods. Students from Biotechnology and Microbiology Departments of Andhra University, Dr Lankapalli Bullayya College and Government Women’s Degree College are participating.

The programme was inaugurated by Dr VVSS Sharma, Chief Scientist, CSIR- National Institute of Oceanography, Visakhapatnam Regional Centre. In his address he congratulated ICAR-CIFT for organising an important skill development programme in the area of food microbiology. He enthused the students to actively participate and acquire new skills which we help them in their career.

He later released a ‘Training Manual on Augmenting Safety of Fish and Fishery Products Through Microbiological Testing.’

Dr U. Sreedhar, Scientist-in-Charge and Principal Scientist, Visakhapatnam Research Centre of ICAR-CIFT. who presided, explained the outreach activities of ICAR-CIFT under different flagship programmes organised in different parts of the country for skill development and entrepreneurship promotion among different stakeholders.

Dr B Madhusudana Rao, Principal Scientist, ICAR-CIFT emphasised the importance of acquir-ing practical skills in performing food safety analysis and interpretation of the test results. Among others, Dr K Ahamed Basha, Scientist, ICAR-CIFT and Coordinator of the SCSP training programme and Technical Officer M Prasanna Kumar, spoke.