The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) on June 06, 2024, issued the draft Food Safety and Standards (Food Products Standards and Food Additives) Amendment Regulations, 2024 to further amend the Food Safety and Standards (Food Products Standards and Food Additives) Regulations, 2011.
The draft regulations are hereby published for the information of all persons likely to be affected thereby and notice is hereby given that the said draft regulations shall be taken into consideration after the expiry of the period of 60 days from the date on which copies of the Gazette containing this notification are made available to the public.
Objections or suggestions, if any, may be addressed to the Chief Executive Officer, Food Safety and Standards Authority of India, FDA Bhawan, Kotla Road, New Delhi- 110002 or emailed at [email protected].
The following amendments have been stated:
• In regulation 2.1, in sub-regulation 2.1.1 relating to “General Standards for Milk and Milk Products”, in clause 1, after sub-clause (j), the following shall be inserted, namely: -
“(k) “Ultra Pasteurisation‖ when used in association with milk, shall be taken to refer to the typical processing of heating milk to 125°C- 128°C for a minimum 2 seconds in continuous flow and packaged under aseptic conditions to ensure preservation at room temperature for a period of not less than 7 days from date of manufacture. Ultra Pasteurisation of milk shall give negative Lactoperoxidase test.”
The pH of Ultra-pasteurized milk should not drop by more than 0.3 units at the end of 7 days of incubation at 55°C.
• In regulation 2.1, in sub-regulation 2.1.2 relating to ‗Standard for Milk‘, in clause 1,
o in sub-clause (a), the text ―pasteurization, boiling, sterilization or Ultra High-Temperature sterilization/treatment shall be substituted with ―heat treatment as provided in sub-regulation 2.1.1(1)(d);
o in sub-clause (b), the text ―pasteurization, boiling, sterilization or Ultra High-Temperature sterilization/treatment shall be substituted with ―heat treatment as provided in sub-regulation 2.1.1(1)(d);
o in sub-clause (c), the text ―pasteurization, sterilization, Ultra High-Temperature sterilization/treatment or boiling shall be substituted with ―heat treatment as provided in sub-regulation 2.1.1(1)(d);
o in sub-clause (d), the text ―The product may be subjected to pasteurization, boiling, sterilization or ultrahigh temperature shall be substituted with ―The products shall be subjected to heat treatment as provided in sub-regulation2.1.1(1)(d);
[Notification No. STD/41-FA/Notification/2023]
