Senior IAS officer Pawan Kumar Agarwal has been appointed as chief executive officer of food regulator food safety and standards Authority of India (FSSAI), as part of senior level bureaucratic reshuffle. As many as 12 Additional Secretaries, including Agarwal, have been appointed in various central government departments.

Agarwal, a 1985 batch IAS officer of West Bengal cadre, is presently joint secretary in ministry of skill development and entrepreneurship. He has been appointed in place of Yudhvir Singh Malik, an order issued by department of personnel and training said.

Malik, believed to be the man behind the ban on global giant Nestle’s popular noodle brand Maggi, was shifted as additional secretary in Niti Aayog in September this year.

FSSAI

• The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) is an agency of the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Government of India.
• The FSSAI is responsible for protecting and promoting public health through the regulation and supervision of food safety.
• The FSSAI has been established under the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006 which is a consolidating statute related to food safety and regulation in India.
• The FSSAI has its headquarters at New Delhi.