visakhapatnam the visakhapatnam railway station is certified as an eat right station by the food safety and standards authority of india fssai for providing quality and nutritious food to passengers it is the 7th railway station in the country to get the certificate after chandigarh railway anand vihar terminal railway station delhi and chhatrapati shivaji terminus mumbai mumbai central mumbai vadodara and bhubaneswar stations it is not only the first station in andhra pradesh but also in south india to get this certificatethe director of fssai drshanu jacob southern region handed over the eat right certificate to waltair division railway manager anup satpathy here on monday at the railway stationdirector jacob said that visakhapatnam got a unique distinction by getting the eat right station certification as it is the first station in southern india and in telugu states it got the benchmark in providing safe and wholesome food to the passengers the station is awarded a certificate upon a conclusion of an fssaiempanelled thirdparty audit agency with ratings from 1 to 5 hope more stations in this division will be added to the elite categoryvisakhapatnam railway station received a fourstar rating for a total of 38 catering stalls one food court one jan ahar one fast food unit and 15 water vending units the certification is part of the eat right india movement a largescale effort by fssai to transform the countrys food system to ensure safe healthy and sustainable food for all indiansspeaking on the occasion drm anup satpathy said that a 4star rating indicates exemplary efforts made by the railway authorities at this station in ensuring that safe and hygienic food is available to railway passengers we strive to keep the station to achieve a 5star rating efforts are being made for other important stations of the division to include them in the eat right station category he saidadrm infra sudhir kumar gupta adrm operations manoj kumar sahoo cms dr rk thiruarul jothi acms dr laxman rao station director manabesh mishra food safety officer t prabhakar rao and others were also present at the occasion