The Food Safety and Standard Authority of India (FSSAI) on November 15, 2021 issued The Food Safety and Standards (Food Products Standards and Food Additives) Fifth Amendment Regulations, 2021 to further amend The Food Safety and Standards (Food Products Standards and Food Additives) Amendment Regulations, 2020. This shall come into force from November 15, 2021 and food Business Operator shall comply with all the provisions of these regulations by June 1, 2022.
The following amendments has been made namely: -
• Clause 27 under Regulation 1.2 which specify “Definitions” has been inserted namely: -
"'Raw edible oils' are obtained by mechanical procedures e.g expelling and pressing, with or without application of heat. The expelled/pressed oil may be purified by washing with water, settling, filtering and centrifuging. No processing aid shall be used. Such oils are fit for human consumption. They shall conform to the provisions mentioned under sub-regulation 2.2.1 prescribed for specific vegetable oil except the standards laid down under regulation 2.2.1 (16)."
• Regulation 2.2.1 which specify “Oils”, the following has been substituted namely: -
“Refractive Index at 40°C’ - 1.4480- 1.4500”
• Clause 7 under Regulation 2.3.31 which specify the “total soluble solids content in the case of jams” has been substituted namely: -
“The total soluble solid content, in the case of jams shall not be less than 65 Percent by mass content and not less than 60 percent by mass content, in case of jellies and marmalades. To be called as a reduced sugar product, Jam, Jellies and marmalades shall not have TSS more than 45 percent by mass content.”
• Regulation 2.3.36 relating to “Dehydrated Vegetables” has been substituted namely: -
“Dehydrated Vegetables means the product, prepared from edible portions of suitable variety of sound vegetable, free from insect or fungal infection, free from blemishes, suitably prepared, from which moisture has been removed under suitable conditions of temperature, pressure, humidity & airflow, to the extent that the product is preserved by any suitable method.”
• Regulation 2.16. which specify “Hemp seeds and seed products” has been inserted namely: -
“For the purpose of these regulations, hemp seed means the hulled, non-viable seeds obtained from Cannabis sativa/other indigenous Cannabis species. The cultivation of Cannabis species for the purpose of hemp seeds in India shall comply with Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, 1985 and rules made thereunder.”
• The food category systems 14.1.4.3 which specify “food addictive’s and related entries” the following has been inserted namely: -
“No colours permitted in iced tea and iced tea mixes.”
[Notification No. Stds/SC/A-1.34/N-1]
