Category: Standard

The Food Safety and Standards (Food Products Standards and Food Additives) Regulations, 2011 prescribe the limit of trans fats to be not more than 5% by weight in Inter esterified Vegetable Fats, Vanaspati, Bakery and Industrial Margarine and Bakery Shortening.

The food business operator (FBO) under whose name the food is marketed is the operator responsible for the food information. FBOs must not knowingly sell food that is not compliant with the Regulations, even if they are not responsible for the labelling of the food.

The oil which is fortified with vitamin A and Vitamin D is fortified vegetable oil. Vitamin A and Vitamin D are good for health. Thus, it is good to consume fortified Vegetable Oil.

Conversion period is defined as the time between start of organic management and the certification of crops as organic. It varies from 2 years to 3 years depending upon crop.

Antimicrobial resistance is one of the major public health problems especially in developing countries where relatively easy availability and higher consumption of medicines have lead to disproportionately higher incidence of inappropriate use of antibiotics and greater levels of resistance compared to developed countries.

Dioxins are a group of chemically-related compounds that are persistent environmental pollutants (POPs). Dioxins are found throughout the world in the environment and they accumulate in the food chain, mainly in the fatty tissue of animals.

The following precautions should be taken to reduce the chances of antibiotic resistance (AMR)

Yes because it is related to pH and TDS of the water.

Microbiological requirements as specified in Standards of Carbonated beverages are :Total plate count per ml (50 cfu), Coliform count in 100 ml(0 cfu), Yeast and mould count per ml(2 cfu).

Yes, it is compulsory for all the Food Business operators to take license under Food Safety and Standard Authority of India and for Packaged drinking and Mineral water BIS certification is required for taking FSSAI Licence mandatory certification from Bureau of Indian Standards is required .

Single-use plastic water bottles are not designed for re-use. In the interest of hygiene and consumer safety, it is not advisable to re-use single-use bottles for storing water.

A fatty acid carbon chain that possess two or more double bonds or point of unsaturation. PUFA can further be categorized as Omega 3 and Omega 6 fatty acids.

FSSAI selects members on Scientific Committee through transparent process as specified in the guidelines on internal procedure for selection of members of the Scientific Committee and Scientific Panels. These are available of the website fssai.gov.in.

The consumer can get the details of manufacturer by using the license number given of label using ‘Citizen Connect (Food safety Connect)’ portal at FSSAIs website.