Category: Standard

Medicinal products are intended to heal, alleviate, cure diseases and taken with prescription. They are governed by the Central Drugs Standard Control Organization (CDSCO) under Drugs and Cosmetic Act. However, these products are intended to supplement the diet and taken without prescription except in few cases like products of Food for special dietary use and […]

Yes. These products have to be approved by FSSAI and BIS (Bureau of Indian Standards)

Yes, these regulations are applicable for importing fruits and vegetable products in India.

No, mentioning of only Postal address (PO Box) is not sufficient. Label shall carry the business name and full address of the manufacturer from where the business is being operated.

Yes in case the products are not complying with the Food Safety and Standards (Health Supplements, Nutraceuticals, Food for Special Dietary Use, Food for Special Medical Purpose, Functional Food and Novel Food) Regulations, 2016. If it’s complying then FBO can approach for licensing.

There is an increasing variety of certified organic foods making their way to the market.

The PDP is the portion of the package label that is most likely to be seen by the consumer at the time of purchase. Many containers are designed with two or more different surfaces that are suitable for display as the PDP.

The standard for these foods are specified in 2.1.19 i.e Foods for infant nutrition of the Food Safety and Standards (Food Products Standards and Food Additives) Regulations, 2011. These regulations are available in FSSAI website www.fssai.gov.in for everyone at free of cost.

No specific authorization is required. However, manufacturers should comply with the provision of FSS (Fortification of Foods) Regulations 2016. For use of +F logo in their product packages, the Food Business Operators (FBOs) are required to fill a form and submit it to FSSAI for verification. Once verified, Fortification Logo in an open file format […]

Yes, fortified rice can be cooked in exactly the same way as regular rice.

Iron is an essential trace element and has to be absorbed from food. It is involved in many metabolic pathways in the body. As the central atom in haemoglobin (red blood pigment) and myoglobin, it is responsible for the transport of oxygen. Furthermore, it plays an important role in cellular energy supply, DNA synthesis and […]

As per Food Safety and Standards Act 2006, Food Additive means any substance not normally consumed as a food by itself and not normally used as a typical ingredient of the food, whether or not it has nutritive value, the intentional addition of which to food for a technological (including organoleptic) purpose in the manufacture, […]

Artificial sweeteners are type of sugar substitutes which are used as sweetener instead of normal table sugar.

Generally, food colour is considered to be acceptable for serving following purposes:

Yes, the Food Safety and Standards (Food Product Standards and Food Additives) Regulations 2011 provides a list of permitted food additives with their recommended limits for different food categories which are prescribed under Table 1 to 15. There is also a GMP table provisions for all food categories with Annex to GMP table where GMP […]