DFRL hands over 6,500 ready-to-eat meals to MCC

Mysore/Mysuru: Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) – Defence Food Research Laboratory (DFRL), Mysuru, has supplied 6,500 ready-to-eat meals to Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) to be distributed among labourers and daily wagers who are facing severe hardship due to nationwide lockdown.

The products, including Khichidi, Tomato Rice, White Rice with Dal Fry along with ready-to- drink Lemon Juice, were handed over by Dr. Anil Dutt Semwal, Director, DFRL to N.M. Shashikumar, Additional Commissioner, MCC, in the premises of Jayamma Govindegowda Kalyana Mantapa in Kuvempuanagar.  Dr. M.M. Parida, Associate Director, Dr. N. Gopalan, Additional Director and Dr. R. Kumar, Additional Director, were present. 

All products were prepared and processed by following strict hygienic conditions, packed in multi-layer retort packaging materials. The products are commercially sterile; the shelf life of the products is one year under ambient conditions, according to a press release.

This post was published on April 12, 2020 6:32 pm