Through a letter uploaded on 22 January 2019, the FSSAI has pointed out that it has received reports that nutraceutical/ health supplement products that have gelatine shells or contain ingredients of animal origin are depicting the green dot on their packaging, therefore, declaring the same as vegetarian. The FSSAI states that this is in contravention […]
FSSAI Issues Notice Related to ICMR Report on Tolerable Upper Limit
The Food Safety and Standards (health Supplements, Nutraceuticals, Foods for Special Dietary Use, Food for Special medical Purpose, Functional Food and Novel Food) Regulations, 2016 allows the use of vitamins/ minerals only up to one RDA in health supplements and nutraceuticals. In view of the growing concern towards unsupervised usage of Health supplements and nutraceuticals […]
FSSAI Proposes Amendments in the Draft Nutraceutical Regulation
The FSSAI has issued a notice proposing some amendments to the Draft Food Safety & Standards (Health Supplements, Nutraceuticals, Food for Special Dietary Use, Food for Special Medical Purpose, Functional food, and Novel food) Amendment Regulations, 2018. The FSSAI has also invited suggestions, views, comments etc. from stakeholders within a period of 60 days on […]