Mysore based Central Food Technological Research Institute (CFTRI), has prepared nearly one lakh meals for the distribution in cyclone Fani hit areas of the Odisha, Andhra Pradesh and the West Bengal.
The severe cyclonic storm named Cyclone Fani had recently made a landfall impact on May 3, 2019 in Puri on the Odisha coast.
About the CFTRI
It is a premier food research laboratory under the Ministry of Science and Technology (MoS&T), Government of India.
It is the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research’s (CSIR) constituent laboratory.
It was established in the 1950 and is headquartered in the Mysore, Karnataka. Its resource centers are in Hyderabad, Lucknow and Mumbai.
Functions
It develops the technologies to increase efficiency and reduce the post-harvest crop losses, increase export, add conveniences and find new sources of food products, integrate human resources in food industries, reduce costs and modernize the supply chains.
Some of its research areas are Food engineering, food biotechnology, microbiology, grain sciences, sensory science, Biochemistry, Molecular Nutrition and food safety.
Past Initiatives
In past disaster, the CFTRI has sent food and relief material to Kerala during the floods in 2018 and in 2013 flood victims of Uttarakhand.
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