Through its order dated 11 October 2021, the FSSAI has operationalised the proposed standards of Desiccated Coconut as approved in the 30th meeting of the Food Authority. The draft of the amendment in the Food Safety and Standards (Food Product Standards and Food Additives) Regulations 2011, with regard to the existing standards for the graded desiccated coconut were approved at the 30th meeting of the Food Authority held on 29 May 2020. Now the FSSAI has decided to operationalise these standards from the date of issuance of the order. The standards as approved are given below.
For facilitation and to avoid any issue to FBOs, the existing standards of grated desiccated coconut shall remain valid till the final notification of the aforementioned amendment.
New Standards for Desiccated Coconut
2.3.45 Desiccated Coconut
- Desiccated Coconut means the product:
(a) Prepared by peeling, milling, grating and drying the sound white kernel obtained from the whole nit of coconut (Cocos nucifera L), having reached appropriate development for processing without oil extraction
(b) Processed in an appropriate manner, undergoing operations such as de – husking, hatcheting, paring, washing, comminuting, drying and shifting.
(c) Described in points (a) and (b) from which oil has been partially extracted by appropriate physical means.
- the product may be presented in the form of powder, flakes, chips and shreds. It shall be white to light creamy white in colour. It shall be free from foreign matter, living insects, mould, dead insects, insect fragments and rodent contamination. The product shall have a pleasant taste and flavour, free from rancidity and evidence of fermentation. The product shall conform to the following
Explanations:
Extraneous vegetable material: Harmless vegetable matter associated with the product.
Foreign matter: Any visible and/or apparent matter or material not usually associated with the product
- Food Additives
The product may contain Food Additives permitted in Appendix A of the Food Safety and Standards (Food Product Standards and Food Additives) Regulations 2011
Previous Standards of Grated Desiccated Coconut
2.3.45 Grated Desiccated Coconut:
- Grated Desiccated Coconut means the product obtained by peeling, milling and drying
the kernel of coconut (cocos nucifera). The product may be in the form of thin flakes, chips or shreds. The product shall be white in colour free from foreign matter, living insects, mould, dead insects, insect fragments and rodent contamination. The product shall have pleasant taste and flavour, free from rancidity and evidence of fermentation. The product may contain food additives permitted in these regulations including Appendix A. The products shall conform to the microbiological requirements given in Appendix B. The product shall conform to the following requirements: —
(i) Extraneous Vegetable matter Not more than 15 units/100 gm
(ii) Moisture (m/m) Not more than 3.0 percent
(iii) Total Ash (m/m) Not more than 2.5 percent
(iv) Oil Content (m/m) Not less than 55.0 percent
(v) Acidity of extracted fat pressed as Not more than 0.3 percent
Lauric Acid (m/m)
(vi) Sulphur Dioxide Not more than 50.0 mg/kg
Explanation: — For the purpose of this paragraph extraneous vegetable matter means fragments of shell, fibre, peel and burnt particles.
Source: FSSAI
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