Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Gujarat top FSSAI food safety index for 2020-21

Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Gujarat lead the third state food safety index rankings released by the food regulator on Monday while Himachal Pradesh is the top ranked regional state at sixth place. Punjab and Haryana are 11th and 12th, respectively, among 20 large states with Bihar ranked last. Among eight small states, Goa is ranked first and Mizoram last.The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India releases the State Food Safety Index annually based on the overall performance on food safety indices.Nagaland ranked 6th among small states in the State Food Safety Index (SFSI) released by the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) ranking above Tripura and Mizoram.In the index ranking for small states, Nagaland was placed below Goa, Meghalaya, Manipur, Sikkim, and Arunachal Pradesh.