CFTRI ready for supply of “immunity-boosting” food supplements

The CSIR-CFTRI, which ensured a number of consignments of “immunity-boosting” food objects throughout final yr’s COVID-19 lockdown, has renewed the provide in the course of the ensuing lockdown.

The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) Director General Shekhar C Mande had written to the Chief Secretaries of all of the States, providing assist from not solely CFTRI, but in addition the opposite CSIR laboratories throughout the nation. “We are waiting for the governments to respond”, CFTRI Director Sridevi Singh instructed The Puucho.

Last yr, a big quantity of food objects together with high-protein rusk and zinc fortified mango bars, moreover Spirulina primarily based chikkis have been distributed among the many needy migrant employees and sufferers throughout the nation. “CFTRI has licensees all over India. Through our licensees in Delhi, we had made food available to even to patients in All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS)”, she mentioned.

Spirulina-based chikkies have been distributed in Karnataka final yr. “These items contain useful micro-nutrients along with protein. To some extent, we were able to take care of the nutritional needs of people to stay healthy. These food items help boost immunity to some extent”, she mentioned.

Dr. Singh recalled that the lockdown imposed throughout the nation final yr was very extreme. But, this yr the supply chains don’t seem to have been disrupted like final yr. Yet, she mentioned CSIR had supplied help to totally different States together with provide of food by CFTRI in the course of the pandemic. “Definitely, CFTRI can help”, she added.

Even although CFTRI will not be able to supply the required food objects to numerous components of the nation from Mysuru in view of the logistics concerned, Dr. Singh mentioned they’ll undoubtedly prepare for the identical by way of their licensees, who unfold throughout India.