“AN INTEGRATED APPROACH FOR ENHANCING THE PRODUCTIVITY, QUALITY

AND SAFETY OF INDIAN FOOD PRODUCTS”

(INDIAN Continent) Societal Wisdom is based on thousands of years proven safe

community experience Western knowledge is localized, only a few hundred years conjectures, often

motivated by Greed and are failing in final Ecological Genetic and Evolutionary

sustainability evaluation.

1 country PopulationCrores

AreaThousand Sq KM

Population Density /Sq KM

2 China 134 9597 139

India 118 3287 3603 USA 31 9629 324 Indonesia 23 1920 1225 Brazil 19 8511 236 Pakistan 17 803 2127 Bangladesh 16 144 1,142

Productivity Desirables

• Optimum / not continuously growing productivity • Productivity should be Need based not Greed based• By Optimum utilization/Not exploitation of resources• Continuously Enhancing Productivity is an unstable

divergent series not sustainable• Excess production leads to;• waste of commodity and resources• Compromised quality and Safety • Enhanced Unproductive inflationary costs

Indian Productivity Traditions

• Environmentally sustainable• Sustainable Productivity• Inbuilt Food Safety Cow based Organic Food• Zero Food Miles- • Place of honor to producer the Farmer

Food Safety in USA

US Experience From FDA internet

Food Safety concerns in USA • Bacteria and Viruses• Molds, Toxins, and Contaminants• Parasites• Allergens• The organisms that cause the most illnesses, hospitalizations, and deaths

in the United States are:

• Salmonella• Norovirus• Campylobacter • Toxoplasma • E. coli O157 • Listeria • Clostridium perfringens.

Long-Term Effects• Chronic arthritis• One in six Americans will get sick from food poisoning

this year (2012). Most of them will recover without any lasting effects from their illness. For some, however, the effects can be devastating and even deadly.

• Serious long-term effects associated with several common types of food poisoning include:

• Kidney failure • Brain and nerve damage• Death

Causes & Remedies• Production –Go Organic• Growing the plants we harvest or raising the animals we use for food• If fields are sprayed with contaminated water, fruits and vegetables can be

contaminated before harvest.

• Processing- HOME PROCESSING • Changing plants or animals into what we recognize and buy as food. • If contaminated water or ice is used to wash, pack, or chill fruits or vegetables, the

contamination can spread to those items. • Distribution- ZERO FOOD MILES• Moving food from the farm or production plant to the consumer or a kitchen.• If refrigerated food is left on a loading dock for long time in warm weather, it

could reach temperatures that allow bacteria to grow.• Preparation- DONE at HOME • Getting the food ready to eat. This may occur in the kitchen of a restaurant, home,

or institution.• If a cook uses a knife to cut raw chicken and then uses the same knife without

washing it to slice tomatoes, the tomatoes can be contaminated by pathogens from the chicken.

Handling of System failures

• Local agencies: Most foodborne outbreaks are local events. Public health officials in just one city or county health department investigate these outbreaks.

• State agencies: The state health department investigates outbreaks that spread across several cities or counties. This department often works with the state department of agriculture and with federal food safety agencies.

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): For outbreaks that involve large numbers of people or severe or unusual illness, a state may ask for help from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The CDC usually leads investigations of widespread outbreaks—those that affect many states at once.

• Federal regulatory agencies: The CDC collaborates with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS), or the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) throughout all phases of an outbreak investigation. In the case of an outbreak of foodborne illness, these federal agencies work to find out why it occurred, take steps to control it, and look for ways to prevent future outbreaks. They may trace foods to their origins, test foods, assess food safety measures in restaurants and food processing facilities, lead farm investigations, and announce food recalls.

Indian Foods: Traditional Safety

• Organically Produced is Best safest Quality • Non carcinogenic Hormone Destructing • Fresh is Best • Cook at home

Environmental Sustainability

Well Defined forest policies (preserving natural habitat)• अभयारण्य Safe forests (Gated-Natural barriers) • 1, 3-5 KM deep (Safe from predators) for pastures.• 2, protected safe forests for आश्रम , गुरुकुल, • Reserve forests for wild life conservation Bio diversity . • Tree Plantation (Global Warming-Ozone layer repair)• Water harvesting and Conservation practices• Organic Agriculture- Cow based Agriculture crop rotation

maintains soil moisture and productivity • Vegetarianism ( Water Foot Print)

Sustainable Productivity• Organic Cow based Agriculture• Soil maintained organically by cows • Not trying to force nature by Genetic

modifications.GM products are unnecessary • Not forcing cows to produce higher and higher

milk . Western Dairy industry finds cows infertile, uneconomic after 2.4 lactations.

Top Priority Vedic Staff Functions to education system to provide self motivated

creative talent for all round welfare and progress.अध्वर्य�वो भरतेन्द्रार्य सोममात्रेभिभ: सिसंन्चता मद्यमंध: ! .कामी हि� वीर: सदमस्र्य पीतितं जु�ोत वृष्णे तदिददेष वहि(. !!,

ऋग्वेद 2/14/1• King should provide good appropriate knowledge

and technology in good measure for self motivation of individuals to ensure achievement of abundance and prosperity, by good nutrition, health and peace for the land and those living off it

2nd Priority Rain Water Harvesting

Create systems for natural rain water harvesting and Optimum Utilization of water resources

अध्वर्य�वो र्यो अपो वहि+वांसं वृतं्र जघानाशन्रे्यव वृक्षम् !तस्मा एतं भरत तद्वशार्यँ एष इन्द्रो अ��हित पीहितमस्र्य !! ऋग्वेद

2/14/2• Harness those waters of rains, which are released by

the actions of lightening, that strikes the trees and sets them on fire. Thus work for the creation of bounties of fertilized soil by rich biomass feeds and prosperity of vegetation, as the gifts provided by Indra.

3rd Priority Maintain OZONE layer • अध्वर्य�वो र्यो दृभीकं जघान र्यो गा उदाजदप हि� बलं व: !तस्मा एतमन्तरिरक्षे ना वात्मि<मन्दं्र सोमैरोणु�त जून� वस्तै्र: !! ऋग्वेद

2/14/3• Exercise control over natural calamities like the violent

storms, that play havocs like demons, toss all cattle and life in to air and smash on to the ground, cause great upheavals disrupt life and property.

• These are brought about by the holes in the protective garment, which covers the earth in the space. These holes are like holes in a worn out old garment. Heal and repair the holes in the covering by green vegetation and herbs helped by rain making clouds and atmosphere.

4th Priority Promote Green Cover अध्वर्य�वो र्य उरणं जघान नव चख्वांसं नवतितं च बाहून् ! र्यो अबु�दमव नीचा बबाधे तमिमन्दं्र सोमस्र्य भृथे हि�नोत !! ऋग्वेद 2/14/4 This protective garment is like the fleece of a sheep. There are trillions of hands on the ground, which support the actions to prevent damage to this garment (in the space) and to keep it in good repair like new. These trillions of hands- (the green cover on ground) churn the environment with lightening and greenery to disarm the attackers of the fleece like protective cover. Like a good leader of armies, motivate these 'GREEN' actions on the lands to bring prosperity to all.

Food Safety Security

Organic Seed, IPM अध्वर्य�वो र्य: शतमा स�स्रं भूम्र्या उपस्थेअवपज्जघन्वान् ! कु<सस्र्यारहितथिथग्वस्र्य वीरान्र्यवृणग्भरता सोममस्मै !! ऋग्वेद

2/14/7• Along with the innumerable crops being cultivated by the

farmers for feeding the nation, the guests and dependents, innumerable enemies in the form of weeds, pests, etc also get in to the land. The Farmer should work on sustainable herbal remedies to help the growth of agriculture crops.

Freshly harvested- not artificially treated for extended shelf life

हिपतुं नु स्तोषं म�ो धमा�णं तवीषीम् | र्यस्र्य हित्रतो व्योजसा वृत्रं हिवपव�मद�र्यत् || ऋ1.187.1  • Food that has been grown with sincere, efforts,

labor and precautions , and has been treated by sifting, cleaning, storing and grinding to make it palatable and available like fresh raw milk are like medicine for human body.

High Brix Number

स्वादो पि�तो मघो पि�तो वयं त्वा ववृमहे |अस्माकमपिवता भव || ऋ 1.187.2 Food that is sweet like honey and palatable

like good water, protects physical, mental health by good nutrition, for growth and protects against premature aging.

( This is reflected in Brix number in modern specification of good fruits and vegetables)

Typical Brix TableItem poor ave. good best Carrots 4 6 12 18Cantaloupe 8 12 14 18Cherry 7 11 16 19Coconut 7 11 12 13Grapes 8 12 18 22Lemon 4 6 8 12Mango 4 6 9 12Orange 6 11 16 20

Zero Food Milesउ� नः पि�तवा चर शि#वः शि#वाभिभरूपितभिभः | मयोभुरपि&षेण्यः सखा सु#ेवो अ&याः || ऋ1/187/3

Provide Good food from nearest source

(पि�तो)अन्न व्या�क कराने वाला �रमात्मन(मयोभू: )सुख की भावना कराने वाले (अपि&षेण्य) पिकसी से &ेष न करने वाले, सब को एक जैसा अन्न उ�लब्ध करवाने वालेवाले,हमारे शिलए (सु#ेव:)संुदर और सुख युक्त (अ&या:) जिजस मे &ं& भाव न रखने वाला (सखा) वह मिमत्र आ�, हे �रमात्मन (शि#वाभिभ:) सुखकारिरणी वह अन्न (ऊपितभिभ:)रक्षा , तृप्ति>त, वृजि?, तेज (न:) हम लोगो के शिलए (शि#व:) सुखकारी (उ�, आ, चर) समी� अचे्छ प्रकार से प्रा>त कराइये

Vedic Vision on Food

• उत्तम अन्नदिद की उ�लब्धता Availability of excellent food  तत्सपिवतुवृFणीमहे वयं देवस्य भोजनम् ।

श्रेषं्ठ सवFधातमं तुरं भगस्य धीमपिह ।। RV5.82.1To ensure complete `prosperity, adopt a policy for Fast

universal availability of clean food for all. सम्पूणF ऐश्वयF के शिलए , अत्युत्तम, सब को प्रा>य, सब स्वच्छ पिवकारों दोषों से रपिहत, भोजन की व्यवस्था का हम वरण करते

हैं.

Ensure full availability of food people like

• अन्नदिद से तृ>त समाजअस्य पिह स्वय#स्तरं सपिवतु: कच्चन पिप्रयम् । न मिमनप्तिRत

स्वराज्यम् ।। RV5.82.2Establish stable administrative

structure to ensure permanent food security for the entire society .

• अ�ने समाज में सब के पिप्रय, सब को भोजन अन्न से तृ>त करने करने की स्थाइ व्यवस्था स्थापि�त करते हैं

Give honourable position to Farmer

स पिह रत्नापिन दा#ुषे सुवापित सपिवता भग: ।तं भागं शिचत्रमीमहे ।। RV5.82.3

Recognise the role played in society by the farmer for ensuring Food sustainably.

Give due place of honour to the Farmer. • ( उस कृषक को) जो समाज के शिलए यह बहुमूल्य अन्न का

दाता है, उस के महत्व को हम �हचानें, वही हमें जीवन या�न के शिलए अद्भतु ऐश्वयF रू�ी अन्न धन प्रा>त कराता है.

Achieve Food Securityआत्मनिनंभरताअद्या न: देव सपिवत: प्रजावत् सावी: सौभगम् । �रा दु:ष्व>Rयं

सुव ।। RV5.82.4In order to banish even from dream the ideas of

deprivation and destitution, Entire society should be blessed with good

availability of food and material comfort resources.

• सम्पूणF प्रजा के शिलए सौभाग्य के शिलए उत्तम धन धान के साधन उ�लब्ध हों, जिजस से बुरे (अभाव ग्रस्त) जीवन के स्वप्न भी न आएं

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Food to be free of adulterations and disease

• पिवश्वापिन देव सपिवतदुFरिरतापिन �रा सुव ।यद ्भदं्र तन्न आ सुव ।। RV5.82.5

• All that is evil and harmful should leave us to be replaced with all that is for our good.

• पिवश्व में जिजतनी दुगुFणावस्थाए ंहैं वे सब हमारे से दूर हों और जो हमारे शिलए #ुभ कल्याणकारी है वह उ�लब्ध हो.

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Do not injure environment, soil and society

• अनागसोऽदिदतये देवस्य सपिवत:ु सवे ।पिवश्वा वामापिन धीमपिह ।। RV5.82.6

• For life long happiness we should• Never commit aggression against

environments,• Bring discomfort to our parents and

teachers neighbours . • हमारा जीवन �याFवरण अखंण्ड भूमिम के शिलए पिनर�राधी हो, हम

माता पि�ता गुरु जनों के शिलए सदैव सुखकारी, सम्पूणF ऐश्वयF धारी जीवन को प्रा>त करें.

Transparent and according to laws of nature

आ पिवश्वदेवं सत्�नितं सूकै्तरद्या वृणीमहे ।सत्यसवं सपिवतारम् ।। RV 5.82.7

Our strategies should give protection to those who follow honestly the physical laws of Nature & environments.

• हमारा आचरण सज्जनों का �ालक, सत्य प्रपितज्ञा का �ालन करने वाला और प्रकृपित के पिनयमों के अनुरू� हो.

Proactive policies

• य इमे उभे अहनी �ुर एत्यप्रयुच्छन् ।स्वाधीदhव: सपिवता ।। RV 5.82.8

• We should be always active in following these sustainable strategies with regularity and orderliness learning from Nature’s systems like daily sun rise heralding the day for actions followed by Night for rest.

• हमारा आचरण प्रकृपित मे दिदन और रापित्र के क्रम की तरह प्रमाद रपिहत हो.

promote public awarenessEducative Media

य इमा पिवश्वा जाताRयाश्रावयपित श्लोकेन ।प्र च सुवापित सपिवता ।। RV 5.82.9

It is duty of all learned persons to spread this knowledge ( about food safety, Production and sustainability) by education and media

• इन समस्त पिवषयों के ज्ञाता पिव&ानों को उशिचत है वे सब जनता में इस ज्ञान का श्रवण &ारा प्रसार करें

Dr Kurien's wisdom

India was meant for production of

milk by the masses and not just mass production of milk

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