The Food Safety Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) on March 30, 2023, notified provisions for the omission of the term “curd” from the Standards of Fermented Milk Products.
‘General Standard for Milk and Milk Products’ under the ‘Food Safety and Standards (Food Products Standards and Food Additives) Regulations, 2011’ clearly lays down guidelines for the use of the dairy term(s)in the nomenclature of dairy products (milk, milk product or a composite milk product) and related prohibitions for such use in non-dairy products. Accordingly, when the term “curd” was written along with “Dahi” in the said regulation, it restricted its used for non-dairy products.
As many representations were received recently on the omission of the term “curd, from the Standards of Fermented Milk Products, it has been decided that FBOs may use the term Curd along with any other designation (prevalent regional common name) in brackets on the label.”
Accordingly, Curd can also be labeled as per the following examples:
“Curd (Dahi)” OR
“Curd (Mosaru)” OR
“Curd (Zaamut daud)” OR
“Curd (Thayir)” OR
“Curd (Perugu)”
