An awareness class on “Novel Strategies in achieving food safety” was organized by COHEART by inviting Dr. Kumar Venkitanarayanan, Professor from Department of Animal Science, University of Connecticut. The talk concentrated the lastest research done at Connecticut on food safety aspects as well as strategies which are applicable in indian scenario. Dr. kumar stressed on the fact that consideration must be given to microbial stability, toxicology, product and packaging interactions, process capability and product stability while dealing with food safety