The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) on June 22, 2020 issues directions under regarding operationalization of certain provisions of draft Food Safety and Standards (Alcoholic Beverages) Amendment Regulations, 2020 and draft Food Safety and Standards (Food products Standards and food additive) Amendment Regulations, 2020.
Keeping in mind the technical need of certain provisions in the above said draft with respect to Alcohol free Beer and use of certain food colour in Distilled Spirituous Beverages, it has been decided to operationalise the provisions related to alcohol free Beer and use of certain food colour in Distilled Spirituous Beverages with immediate effect.
In the FSS (Food products Standards and food additive) Amendment Regulations, 2020, these food additives such as Tatrazine, Carmoisine, Brilliant blue FCF, Sunset Yellow FCF, Ponceau 4R are added.
[FSSAI Direction No. 1-1730/FSSAI/Imports/2018 (Part 2)]
