FSSAI Appoints New Food Safety Officers for Railways

The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has issued a notification dated August 20, 2025, appointing three new Food Safety Officers (FSOs) for the Indian Railways. This action, taken under the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006, amends a previous notification from 2017 and is effective from the date of its publication. The newly appointed officers are Sh. Pramod Kumar Mandiaya for Northern Railways, Sh. Ramji Lal Meena for North Western Railways, and Sh. Ponnada Rama Narayana for East Coast Railway. This notification, signed by Chief Executive Officer G. Kamala Vardhana Rao, aims to strengthen the regulatory oversight of food safety standards on the railway network.

FOOD SAFETY AND STANDARDS AUTHORITY OF INDIA

NOTIFICATION

New Delhi, the 20th August, 2025

F. No. RCD-10001/4/2021.— Regulatory-FSSAI.- In exercise of the powers conferred under Sub-Section 5 of Section 10 read with Section 37 of the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006 (34 of 2006), the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India hereby notifies the following officers as Food Safety Officer for the area as mentioned against their names under Indian Railways with effect from the date of publication of this notification by amending the principal notification dated the 18th April, 2017, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part III, Section 4 on 20th April, 2017:-

In the table, after the existing entries, the following shall be inserted in the respective columns, namely:-

G. KAMALA VARDHANA RAO, Chief Executive Officer
[ADVT.-III/4/Exty./309/2025-26]

Note: The principal notification was published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part III, Section 4 vide No. F. 1(42) 2011/Railways/FSSAI (Part-I), dated the 18th April, 2017 and last amended vide notification F. No. RCD-10001/4/2021-Regulatory-FSSAI, dated 25^th July,2024.