The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) on March 14, 2024, issued a direction under Section 16(5) of the FSS Act regarding compliance w.r.t. Processing Aids under Food Safety and Standards (Food Products Standards and Food Additives) Regulations, 2011.
The following has been stated:
• It has been stated several processing aids, to be included in the list of processing aids under tables 1¬12 of Appendix C of the Food Safety and Standards (Food Products Standards and Food Additives) Regulation, 2011 are being considered by the Working Group (WG) on Processing Aids and Scientific Panel on Food Additives, Flavourings, Processing Aids and Materials in Contact with Food. Many of these processing aids have been recommended by the Scientific Panel and are in the process of draft notification after the approval of the Food Authority. Other remaining processing aids are still under consideration by the Working Group and Scientific Panel.
• It has stated that such processing aids are likely to take some time, the Food Authority in its 41st meeting decided to have an active list of Processing Aids for use by food businesses, on a provisional basis, till the time appropriate amendments on the same are gazette notified, as required. Accordingly, an active list of processing aids is listed in Annexure.
Kindly find the Annexure provided with this document attached to the document.
[Notification No SS-GOSP01(MISC)/1/2023-Standard-FSSAI]
