Guwahati, June 25 -- Nestle India has expanded its flagship food safety initiative, Project Serve Safe Food, in Assam on Wednesday by training over 2,500 street food vendors across ten districts in partnership with the Food Safety Department, Government of Assam, and the National Association of Street Vendors of India (NASVI).

The latest phase of the initiative covers Kamrup Metropolitan, Tinsukia, Dibrugarh, Sivasagar, Jorhat, Cachar, Nalbari, Barpeta, Bongaigaon, and Nagaon, taking the total number of trained vendors in the state to more than 4,500.

Launched in 2016, Project Serve Safe Food has so far reached more than 92,800 street food vendors across 26 states and four Union Territories.

The program focuses on improving food safety...