{
  "id": 7501862,
  "title": "Only 250 institutions in Keralam hold ‘Eat Right Campus’ certification; validity of 204 expires",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/15/only-250-institutions-in-keralam-hold-eat-right-campus-certification",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-09-15T07:47:55.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hindu",
    "slug": "the-hindu",
    "url": "https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/only-250-institutions-in-keralam-hold-eat-right-campus-certification-validity-of-204-expires/article71467115.ece"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Only 250 institutions in Kerala have received the 'Eat Right Campus' certification, with 204 of those certificates set to expire soon. The certification, an initiative of the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI), aims to ensure safe, healthy, and sustainable food on campus and reduce the incidence of food-related illnesses. Institutions such as colleges, universities, workplaces, NGOs, hospitals, anganwadi centers, and jails can apply for the certification, which is evaluated based on food safety measures, provision of healthy food, environmentally sustainable food practices, and awareness building. The certification is valid for two years, but the officials believe that the initiative has not gathered pace due to some institutions' reluctance to apply and procedural delays.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}