FSSAI makes amendment in FSS (Food Products Standards & Food Additives) Regulations, 2011 and issues guidelines for Infant Foods & Nutritional Ingredients in fortified food products. The amendment also describes the permitted levels of additives like Trehalose, Phytostanol, Oligofructose and Sodium Iron that may be added to various foods. The food authority also specifies the labelling guidelines on the subsequent effect of the changes in the said regulations. These amendments will become effective once the notification is published in the Official Gazette and will be known as the Food Safety and Standards (Food Products Standards and Food Additives) Amendment Regulations, 2015
A brief summary of the amendment:
Changes in Regulation 2.1 of FSS (Food Products Standards & Food Additives) Regulations, under DAIRY PRODUCTS AND ANALOGUES:
Changes have been made to sub-regulation 2.1.9 for FOODS FOR INFANT NUTRITION. A new sub-heading “Infant Milk Substitutes” is added.
Changes also been made to Clause 2 for Infant formula, the following proviso has been added:
“provided also that the lactose free or lactose and sucrose free infant milk substitutes shall conform to the following requirements, except the requirements of milk products and milk fat, in the following manner.”-
- Total protein percent by weight shall not be less that 10.0 percent and not more than 16 percent
- Total fat percent by weight shall not be less than 18.0 percent and
- The lactose in the product claimed to be lactose shall not exceed 0.05 per cent.
- Also in the same regulation clause 3 will now have a subheading and that will be “Infant Foods.”
- In clause 4 relating to processed cereal based complementary food at the end, the following proviso shall be inserted namely: Provided that the processed cereal based complimentary foods for use in specific condition, where the protein needs to be restricted and where other cereals like wheat soya legumes and milk cannot be used and such processed cereal based complimentary foods shall be prepared with single cereal like rice or ragi, which shall have the minimum protein content of 6-9 per cent, such products shall be conspicuously labeled “Processed Mono Cereal Based Complimentary Food for use in specific conditions under medical guidance .”
Fortified Atta
In regulation 2.4 on Cereals and Cereal Products, for Fortified Atta, the nutritional ingredients with their level of fortification has been defined as follows:
Sl No. | Nutrient | Level of fortification per kg of atta Not more than |
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1 | Calcium: Calcium carbonate. Calcium Chloride, Calcium citrate, Calcium phosphate monobasic, Calcium phosphate dibasic ,Calcium phosphate tribasic | 1500mg |
2 | Iron: (a) Ferrous citrate, Ferrous lactate, Ferrous sulphate, Ferric pyrophosphate, electrolytic iron, Ferrous fumarate (b) Sodium iron (III) Ethylene Diamine tetra Acetate, Trihydrate (Sodium Feredetate –Na Fe EDTA) | 60mg 25mg |
3 | Zinc: Zinc Sulphate | 30mg |
4 | Vitamin A : Retinyl acetate, Retinylpalmitate, Retinylpropionate | 1500 μg RE |
5 | Ascorbic Acid (Vitamin C) Ascorbic Acid, sodium ascorbate, calcium ascorbate, ascorbyl -6-palmitate | 100mg |
6 | Thiamine (Vitamin B1) Thiamine hydrochloride , Thiamine mononitrate | 3.5mg |
7 | Riboflavin (Vitamin B2) Riboflavin, Riboflavin 5’Phosphate sodium | 4.0mg |
8 | Niacin: Nicotinamide , nicotinic acid | 45mg |
9 | Pyridoxine (Vitamin B6) Pyridoxine hydrochloride | 5.0mg |
10 | Folic Acid: Folic acid | 250μg |
11 | Vitamin B12 – Cyanocobalamine, hydroxycobalamin | 2.5 μg |
12 | Vitamin D- Cholecalciferol, Ergocalciferol | 1000 IU |
Fortified Maida
For Fortified Maida, the nutritional ingredients with their level of fortification has been defined as follows:
Sl No. | Nutrient | Level of fortification per kg of atta Not more than |
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1 | Calcium: Calcium carbonate. Calcium Chloride, Calcium citrate, Calcium phosphate monobasic, Calcium phosphate dibasic ,Calcium phosphate tribasic | |
2 | Iron: (a) Ferrous citrate, Ferrous lactate, Ferrous sulphate, Ferric pyrophosphate, electrolytic iron, Ferrous fumarate (b) Sodium iron (III) Ethylene Diamine tetra Acetate, Trihydrate (Sodium Feredetate –Na Fe EDTA) | 60mg 25mg |
3 | Zinc: Zinc Sulphate | 30mg |
4 | Vitamin A : Retinyl acetate, Retinylpalmitate, Retinylpropionate | 1500 μg RE |
5 | Ascorbic Acid (Vitamin C) Ascorbic Acid, sodium ascorbate, calcium ascorbate, ascorbyl -6-palmitate | 100mg |
6 | Thiamine (Vitamin B1) Thiamine hydrochloride , Thiamine mononitrate | 3.5mg |
7 | Riboflavin (Vitamin B2) Riboflavin, Riboflavin 5’Phosphate sodium | 4.0mg |
8 | Niacin: Nicotinamide , nicotinic acid | 45mg |
9 | Pyridoxine (Vitamin B6) Pyridoxine hydrochloride | 5.0mg |
10 | Folic Acid: Folic acid | 250μg |
11 | Vitamin B12 – Cyanocobalamine, hydroxycobalamin | 2.5 μg |
12 | Vitamin D- Cholecalciferol, Ergocalciferol | 1000 IU |
Note: It shall be free of any extraneous matter including rodent hair and excreta.”
Other important amendments are:
1) Oligofructose may be added at not more than 10 percent of the product in the following products, subject to label declaration under sub-regulation 43 of regulation 2.4.5 of the Food Safety Standards ( Packaging and labelling) Regulations 2011:-
Products like yoghurt, mousse, spreads, dairy based drinks (milk shakes, yoghurt drinks. Cheese, pudding, cream, ice-cream, frozen dessert like non-dairy ice, sorbet and fruit ice, frozen yoghurt, flakes and ready to eat dry breakfast cereals, chocolates and sweets and carbohydrate based and milk based sweets like halwa, mysore pak, boondi laddu, jalebi, khoya burfi, peda, gulab jamun, rasogolla and similar milk product based sweets sold by name and also cooked sausages, ham and meat spreads.
2.) Phyto or Plant stanol esters may be added to the following products so as to allow users to easily restrict their consumption to maximum 3gm per day through the use of either one portion containing 3gm or three portions containing 1gm and it shall be added subject to the table of declaration under sub regulation 48 of regulation 2.4.5 of the Food Safety Standards (Packaging and Labelling) Regulations 2011:-
(I) Fat spread, milk products, milk based fruit drink, fermented milk products, soy and rice drink, cheese products, yoghurt products, spice sauces, salad dressings, juices and nectars
(II) products containing Phyto or Plant Stanols be sold in single portions containing either maximum 3g or maximum of 1g of phyto or/plant stanols calculated as free phyto or plant stanols, and if they do not contain them then there should be a clear indication of what constitutes a standard portion of the food expressed in g or ml, and of the amount of the phyto/plant stanols, calculated as free phyto/plant stanols contained in such a portion.
3) Trehalose may be added as an ingredient in the following foods, subject to label declaration 49 of regulation 2.4.5 of the Food Safety Standards ( Packaging and Labelling) Regulations 2011:-
1 | Biscuits, breads, cakes, breakfast cereals | 0.5-10.0percent |
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2 | Carbonated water, thermally processed fruits, fruits juices, fruit nectars, fruit beverages, fruit squashes, jam, jelly, fruit cheese, marmalade, dairy based drinks, milk powder | 0.5-20.0percent |
3 | Carbohydrate based and milk product based sweets like gulab jamun, rosogollos, peda, khoya barfi | 0.5-20.0percent |
4 | Macroni products, noodles, pasta | 0.5-5.0percent |
5 | Sweets and confectionery, candies and icings | 5.0-7.5percent |
6 | Savories and snacks | 0.5-1.0 percent |
4) Sodium Iron (III) Ethylene Diamine tetra acetate (Sodium feredetate –Na Fe EDTA) may be added as an ingredient to ready to serve beverages, carbonated fruit drinks and fruit nectars – Not More than 155ppm.
To view original document from FSSAI: http://www.fssai.gov.in/GazettedNotifications.aspx
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