Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion (A)... | Agrigyan

Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) provide baseline sanitary and operational guidelines in food preparation establishments: (C) Guaranteeing occupational health, food hygiene, and consumer protection; (D) Enforcing routine quality control inspections of raw ingredients, in-process food holding, and final dished items; and (E) Implementing strict sanitation Standard Operating Procedures (SSOPs) with supervised cleaning and sanitization. In contrast, conducting hazard analysis (A) is the primary first principle of HACCP, while risk communication (B) is a pillar of the broader Codex Alimentarius Risk Analysis framework. Option analysis: (A) Omits cleaning and safety. (B) Omits cleaning operations. (C) Omits quality control checks. (D) (C), (D) and (E) only correctly captures core GMP operational requirements.

WHO/UNICEF guidelines recommend oral zinc supplementation ($20\text{ mg/day}$ for $10\text{--}14\text{ days}$, or $10\text{ mg}$ for infants $\lt 6\text{ months}$) alongside ORS for managing childhood diarrhea: Assertion (A) is true because zinc restores mucosal integrity, improves electrolyte absorption, and upregulates cellular immunity, cutting illness duration by $25\%$ and stool volume by $30\%$. Reason (R) is true because rapid symptomatic recovery mediated by zinc minimizes empirical, irrational overprescription of broad-spectrum antimicrobials and antibiotics in acute pediatric watery diarrhea. Option analysis: (A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A) is the designated answer. (B) (R) aligns directly with public health clinical treatment guidelines. (C) (R) is true. (D) (A) is true.

Option analysis:
(A) According to ICMR-NIN (2020), recommended daily allowances for niacin are: girls 10-12 years = $14\text{ mg/day}$, girls 13-15 years = $16\text{ mg/day}$, and boys 16-18 years = $22\text{ mg/day}$.