Category: Standard

A high barrier material in flexible packaging prevents the permeation of water, water vapour, oil, oxygen, aroma, flavour, gas or light. High barrier film laminations are often required to protect product integrity and quality.

Certified organic products are those which have been produced, stored, processed, handled and marketed in accordance with precise standards and certified as “organic” by a certification body. Once a certification body has verified conformity with organic standards, the product needs to have Registration/Licensing under FSS Act, 2006 to be labelled ‘Organic’.

There’s not enough evidence to prove advantage to eating organic foods over non organic foods. But Organic agriculture can contribute to meaningful socio-economic and ecologically sustainable development.

In production of organic foods, synthetic pesticides, herbicides and fertilizers are not included, which are usually utilized at different stages in the crop production.

Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has the mandate to regulate manufacture, distribute, sell or import “organic foods” as per the provisions laid under Section 22 of the Food Safety Standards Act, 2006. The Food Safety and Standards (Organic Foods) Regulations, 2017 will regulate the Organic Foods in the country. It has been […]

There is a provision in the Regulations that all the organic products needs to be displayed distinguishable from conventional foods at the shelves. The small retailers may distinguish them by placing stickers on the shelves.

The vegetable oils rich in SAFA, MUFA, PUFA are as under-

The recommended healthy ratio of SAFA: MUFA: PUFA is 1:1.5:1. 

Standards of Refined Oil are prescribed under Food Safety and Standards (Food Products Standards and Food Additives) Regulations, 2011. Refined oil complying with the standards is safe to consume.

The basic difference between a food additive and processing aid lies in their technological function and its presence in the final product. Essentially, a food additive becomes a part or component of the end product and remains in the final product; however, a processing aid serves its technological purpose during processing of food and should […]

All the substances which may be used as processing aids in different food products are listed in Table 1 to 15 along with food additives in the Food Safety and Standards (Food Product Standards and Food Additives) Regulations 2011. There is also a GMP table of food additives including processing aids for all food categories […]

The recommended limits of the processing aids are prescribed in the Food Safety and Standards (Food Product Standards and Food Additives) Regulations 2011. Some processing aids are also allowed in GMP table except for use in the restricted food categories as per the said regulations.

The list of the permitted colours for use in chocolates and candies are prescribed in Table 5 of the Food Safety and Standards (Food Product Standards and Food Additives) Regulations 2011.

Yes, synthetic colours can be used in the food products as per the conditions prescribed in the Food Safety and Standards (Food Product Standards and Food Additives) Regulations 2011. As far as, they are used as per the regulations, they are considered safe to be used.

The clause 24 of sub-regulation 2.2.1 of Food Safety and Standards (Food Products Standards and Food Additives) Regulations, 2011 prescribe the standards of Blended Edible Vegetable Oil wherein it is mentioned that the blended edible vegetable oil is an admixture of any two edible vegetable oils where the proportion by weight of any edible vegetable […]