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Date: 2018-11-20 Category: Extra Ordinary State: Union Government Country: India

The following draft of certain regulations, further to amend the Food Safety and Standards

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Executive Summary: This notification from the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) announces a draft amendment to the Food Safety and Standards (Food Products Standards and Food Additives) Regulations, 2011. The amendment includes standards for decaffeinated roasted and ground coffee and decaffeinated soluble coffee powder. Stakeholders have 30 days from the date of the Official Gazette publication to submit objections or suggestions. Key Points / Main Content: * **Amendment Purpose:** To amend the Food Safety and Standards (Food Products Standards and Food Additives) Regulations, 2011. * **Inclusion of Decaffeinated Coffee Standards:** * **Decaffeinated Roasted and Ground Coffee:** * Definition: Dried seeds of specific Coffea species, decaffeinated before roasting. * Standards: Free from artificial additives, extraneous matter, and must meet dry weight basis requirements for moisture (max 5.0%), total ash (3.0-6.0%), acid insoluble ash (max 0.1%), water-soluble ash (min 65.0%), alkalinity of soluble ash (3.5-5.0 ml), aqueous extracts (26.0-35.0%), and caffeine anhydrous (max 0.1%). * **Decaffeinated Soluble Coffee Powder:** * Definition: Coffee powder from freshly roasted and ground pure coffee beans with most of the caffeine removed. * Standards: Free-flowing powder or granules, characteristic coffee color, taste, and flavor, free from impurities, and must meet dry weight basis requirements for moisture (max 4.0%), total ash (max 12.0%), caffeine anhydrous (max 0.3%), solubility in boiling water (dissolves in 30 seconds), and solubility in cold water (soluble in 3 minutes). * **Amendment to Subregulation 2.10.8:** * Revisions to Table 3, columns 2 and 3, for Sr. No. 15 and 16: * Calcium as Ca: 20 to 75 mgl. * Magnesium as Mg: 10 to 30 mgl. Impact Analysis: Food Manufacturers/Processors: * Impact: Need to comply with the new standards for decaffeinated coffee products. * Action Required: Adjust manufacturing processes and quality control to meet the specified standards for decaffeinated roasted and ground coffee and decaffeinated soluble coffee powder. Regulatory Bodies (FSSAI): * Impact: Responsible for enforcing the amended regulations. * Action Required: Implement and oversee compliance with the new standards, including inspections and testing of decaffeinated coffee products. Consumers: * Impact: Will have access to decaffeinated coffee products that meet standardized quality and safety requirements. * Action Required: Be aware of the updated standards and report any non-compliance to the FSSAI. Chief Executive Officer, Food Safety and Standards Authority of India: * Impact: Responsible for addressing and considering any objections or suggestions to the draft regulations. * Action Required: Consider and address any suggestions/objections to the draft regulations before implementation.

Key Entities Referenced

Food Safety and Standards Authority of India: An organization responsible for food safety and standards in India. New Delhi: The location where the notification was issued. Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006: The primary legislation governing food safety and standards in India. Central Government: The government whose approval is required for the regulations. Food Safety and Standards Food Products Standards and Food Additives Regulations, 2011: The principal regulations being amended by this notification. Official Gazette: The official publication in which the notification is published. FDA Bhawan, Kotla Road, New Delhi 110002: Address of the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India where objections or suggestions can be sent. DECAFFEINATED ROASTED AND GROUND COFFEE: A food product for which standards are being defined in the regulations.
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ii. फा.सं. पी./15014/1/2011-पीफए/एफ़एसएसएआई, तारीख 27 जून, 2013; iii. फा.सं. 5/15015/30/2012, तारीख 12 जुलाई, 2013; iv. फा.सं. पी.15025/262/2013-पीए/एफ़एसएसएआई, तारीख 5 (cid:4)दसंबर, 2014; v. फा.सं. 1-83एफ/एससीआई॰ पीएएन–अिध॰/एफ़एसएसएआई-2012, तारीख 17 फरवरी, 2015; vi. फा.सं. 4/15015/30/2011, तारीख 4 अग(cid:18)त, 2015; vii. फा.सं.पी॰15025/264/13-पीए/एफएसएसएआई, तारीख 4 नव(cid:9)बर, 2015;4 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY [PART III—SEC. 4] viii. फा.सं. पी. 15025/263/13-पीए/एफ़एसएसएआई, तारीख 4 नव(cid:9)बर, 2015; ix. फा.सं.पी.15025/261-पीए/एफएसएसएआई, तारीख 13 नव(cid:9)बर, 2015; x. फा.सं.पी.15025/208/2013-पीए/एफएसएसएआई, तारीख 13 नव(cid:9)बर, 2015; xi. फा.सं.7/15015/30/2012, तारीख 13 नव(cid:9)बर, 2015; xii. फा.सं.1-10(1)/(cid:18)टZै ड[स(cid:23)/एसपी((cid:4)फश एंड (cid:4)फश\रज $ोड3]स)/एफएसएसएआई-2013, तारीख 11 जनवरी, 2016; xiii. फा.सं. 3-16/िविन_द(cid:23)K खा‘/अिधसूचना (खा‘ सहयोaय/)/एफएसएसएआई-2014, तारीख 3 मई, 2016; xiv. फा. सं. 15-03/ईएनएफ़/एफएसएसएआई-2014, तारीख 14 जून, 2016; xv. फा. सं॰ 3-14 एफ़/ अिधसूचना (:यूcाि(cid:18)टक(cid:6)स)/एफ़एसएसएआई – 2013, तारीख 13 जुलाई, 2016; xvi. फा.सं.1-12/मानक /एस. पी.(मधु, मधुकारक)/एफ.एस.एस.ए.आई.-2015, तारीख 15 जुलाई, 2016; xvii. फा.सं.1-120(1)/मानक/(cid:4)करिणत/एफएसएसएआई-2015, तारीख 23 अग(cid:18)त, 2016; xviii. एफ़. सं. 11/09/रेग./हामeनाइजेशन/2014, तारीख 5 िसतंबर, 2016; xix. फा.सं. मानक/सीपीएल3यू.सीपी/ईएम/एफएसएसएआई-2015, तारीख 14 िसतंबर, 2016; xx. फा.सं.11/12िविन./$ोप./एफ.एस.एस.ए.आई.-2016, तारीख 10 अgूबर, 2016; xxi. एफ सं. 1-110(2)/एसपी (जैिवक खतरे)/एफएसएसएआई/2010, तारीख 10 अgूबर, 2016; xxii. फा. सं. मानक/एसपी(जल और पेय)/अिध (2)/एफएसएसएआई-2016, तारीख 25 अgूबर, 2016; xxiii. फा. सं. 1-11(1)/मानक/एसपी (जल और सुपेय) एफएसएसएआई-2015, तारीख 15 नवंबर, 2016; xxiv. फा. सं पी./15025/93/2011-पीएफ़ए/एफ़एसएसएआई, तारीख 2 (cid:4)दसंबर, 2016; xxv. फा. सं. पी.15025/6/2004-पीएफ़एस/एफएसएसएआई, तारीख 29 (cid:4)दसंबर, 2016; xxvi. फा. सं. मानक/ओ.एंड एफ./अिधसूचना(1)/एफ.एस.एस.ए.आई.-2016, तारीख 31 जनवरी, 2017; xxvii. फा.सं. 1-12/मानक/2012-एफएसएसएआई, तारीख 13 फरवरी, 2017; xxviii. फा. सं. 1-10(7)/(cid:18)टjड[स(cid:23)/एसपी(म2(cid:18)य और म2(cid:18)य उ2पाद) एफ़एसएसएआई-2013, तारीख 13 फरवरी, 2017; xxix. फा. सं. मानक/एससीएसएसएंडएच/अिधसूचना(02)/एफएसएसएआई-2016, तारीख 15 मई, 2017; xxx. फा. सं. (cid:18)टjसड[स(cid:23)/03/अिधसूचना(एलएस)/एफएसएसएआई-2017, तारीख 19 जून 2017। xxxi. फा. सं. 1/योजक/मानक14.2 अिधसूचना/ एफएसएसएआई/2016, तारीख 31 जुलाई,2017; xxxii. फा. सं. मानक/एफ़और वीपी/अिधसूचना(01)/एफएसएसएआई-2016 तारीख 2 अग(cid:18)त, 2017; xxxiii. फा. सं. 1-94(1)/एफ़एसएसएआई/एसपी (लेबkलंग)/2014, तारीख 11 िसतंबर, 2017; xxxiv. फा.सं. मानक/एम. एंड एम. पी. आई. पी. (1)/एस. पी./ एफ.एस.एस.ए.आई.-2015, तारीख 15 िसतंबर, 2017; xxxv. फा. सं मानक/एसपी (पानी और पेय)/अिध. (1)/एफ़एसएसएआई/2016, तारीख 15 िसतंबर, 2017; xxxvi. फा.सं. 1-10(8)/मानक/एसपी(मmली और मmली उ2पाद)/एफएसएसएआई.-2013, तारीख 15 िसतंबर, 2017; xxxvii. फा.सं. 2/(cid:18)टjडस/सी पी एल & सी पी/अिधसूचना/ऍफ़ एस एस ऐ आई-2016, तारीख 18 िसतंबर, 2017; xxxviii. फा.सं. ए-1(1) मानक/एमएमपी/2012, तारीख 12 अ3टूबर, 2017; xxxix. फा.सं.मानक/ओऔर एफ/अिधसूचना(3)/एफएसएसएआई-2016, तारीख 12 अ3टूबर, 2017; xl. एफ. सं. 2/(cid:18)टjडस/सी पी एल & सी पी/अिधसूचना/ऍफ़ एस एस ए आई-2016(भाग), तारीख 24 अ3टूबर, 2017; xli. फा.सं.ए-1/मानक/एगमाक(cid:23)/2012-एफ.एस.एस.ए.आई.(भाग-1), तारीख 17 नवंबर, 2017; xlii. एफ.सं.1/योजक/मानक/बीआईएस अिधसूचना/एफएसएसएआई/2016, तारीख 17 नवंबर, 2017; xliii. एफ.सं.मानक/ओऔरएफ/अिधसूचना(5)/एफएसएसएआई-2017, 2016 तारीख 20 फरवरी,2018; xliv. एफ.सं. (cid:18)टjडड(cid:23)/01-एस पी (फोर\टफाइड एंड एन\रnड फ़ूड) - रेग / एफ़एसएसएआई-2017, तारीख 13 माच(cid:23), 2018; xlv. एफ॰ सं॰ 1-110 (3)/ एसपी (जैिवक खतरे)/ एफएसएसएआई/ 2010, तारीख 21 माच(cid:23), 2018; xlvi. एफ॰ सं॰ (cid:18)ट jड[स(cid:23)/एससीएसएस एंड एच /अिधसूचना (03)/एफ़एसएसएआई-2016, तारीख 10 अ$ैल, 2018; xlvii. स. (cid:18)ट jड[स(cid:23)सी/ पी एल एंड सी पी20-एफएसएसएआई/अिधसूचना/16, तारीख 4 मई, 2018;¹Hkkx IIIµ[k.M 4º Hkkjr dk jkti=k % vlk/kj.k 5 xlviii. फाइल सं0 एसटीडीएस/एसपी (एससीएसएसएच)/आइस लोलीस नो\ट(cid:4)फ़केशन/एफ.एस.एस.ए.आई-2018, तारीख 20 जुलाई , 2018; xlix. फा॰ सं॰ मानक////एसपी(3)अिधसूचना (जल और सुपेय)////एफएसएसएआई-2017, तारीख 20 जुलाई , 2018; और l. फाईल संNय ा मानक/सीपीएल और सीपी/$ाpप अिधसूचना/भाखासुमा$ा-2017, तारीख 31 जुलाई , 2018. MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (FOOD SAFETY AND STANDARDS AUTHORITY OF INDIA) NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 16th November, 2018 F.No. Stds/SP/(Water&Beverages)/Notifications(5)FSSAI-2018.—The following draft of certain regulations, further to amend the Food Safety and Standards (Food Products Standards and Food Additives) Regulations, 2011, which the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India proposes to make with previous approval of the Central Government, in exercise of the powers conferred by clause (e) of sub-section (2) of section 92 read with sections 16 of the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006 (34 of 2006) is hereby published as required by the said sub-section (1) of section 92 of the said Act for the information of all persons likely to be affected thereby and notice is hereby given that the said draft regulations shall be taken into consideration after the expiry of the period of thirty days from the date on which copies of the Official Gazette in which this notification is published are made available to the public. Objections or suggestions, if any, may be addressed to the Chief Executive Officer, Food Safety and Standards Authority of India, FDA Bhawan, Kotla Road, New Delhi- 110002 or sent on email at regulation@fssai.gov.in . Objections or suggestions, which may be received from any person with respect to the said draft regulations before the expiry of period so specified, shall be considered by the Food Authority. Draft Regulations 1. Short title and commencement-(1) These regulations may be called the Food Safety and Standards (Food Products Standards and Food Additives) Amendment Regulations, 2018. 2. In the Food Safety and Standards (Food Products Standards and Food Additives) Regulations, 2011 (Herein after referred as said regulation), in regulation 2.10,- (1) in sub-regulation 2.10.2,- (a) after clause (1), the following clause shall be inserted, namely:- “1A. DECAFFEINATED -ROASTED AND GROUND COFFEE (1) Decaffeinated Coffee means, the dried seeds of Coffea arabica, Coffea liberica, Coffea excelsa or Coffea canephora (Robusta) or with their husks (mesocarp and endocarp) removed and decaffeinated to remove nearly all the caffeine from the beans. Decaffeination is carried out while the beans are in green form, before they are roasted. (a) Roasted decaffeinated coffee means properly cleaned green coffee which has been decaffeinated, roasted to a brown colour and has developed its characteristic aroma.6 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY [PART III—SEC. 4] (b) Ground decaffeinated coffee means the powdered products obtained from 'roasted decaffeinated coffee' only and shall be free from husk. (2) It shall be free from artificial colouring, flavouring, facing, extraneous matter or glazing substances and shall be in dry and fresh condition, free from rancid or obnoxious flavours. It shall conform to the following standards on dry weight basis, namely: - Table Sr. No. Parameters Requirements 1. Moisture, per cent. by mass, Max 5.0 2. Total Ash, per cent. by mass 3.0 to 6.0 3. Acid insoluble ash, per cent. by mass, Max 0.1 4. Water soluble ash, per cent. by mass, min 65.0 5. Alkalinity of soluble ash in milli liters of 0.1 N 3.5 to 5.0 hydrochloric acid per gram of material, per cent. by mass, ml 6. Aqueous extracts, per cent. by mass 26.0 to 35.0 7. Caffeine (anhydrous) per cent. by mass, Max 0.1 (b) after clause (2), the following clause shall be inserted, namely:- “2A. DECAFFEINATED SOLUBLE COFFEE POWDER (1) Decaffeinated soluble coffee powder means coffee powder obtained from freshly roasted and ground pure coffee beans from which most of the caffeine has been removed. The product shall be in the form of a free flowing powder or shall be in the agglomerated form (granules) having colour, taste and flavour characteristic of coffee. It shall be free from impurities and shall not contain chicory or any other added substances. (2) Decaffeinated Soluble Coffee powder or granules shall conform to the following standards on dry weight basis, namely: - Table Sr. No. Parameters Permissible Limits 1. Moisture, per cent. by mass, Max 4.0 2. Total Ash per cent. by mass, Max 12.0 3. Caffeine (Anhydrous,) per cent. by mass, Max 0. 3 4. Solubility in boiling water Dissolves readily in 30 seconds with moderate stirring 5. Solubility in cold water at 16+/- 2 0 C Soluble in moderate stirring in 3 minutes (2) In sub-regulation 2.10.8, in Table 3, in column (2) and (3), for sr. no. 15 and 16, following shall be substituted, namely:- Sl. No. Characteristics Requirements (1) (2) (3) “15. Calcium (as Ca), mg/l 20 to 75 16. Magnesium (as Mg) , mg/l 10 to 30”. PAWAN AGARWAL, Chief Executive Officer [ADVT.-III/4/Exty./358/18]¹Hkkx IIIµ[k.M 4º Hkkjr dk jkti=k % vlk/kj.k 7 Note. - The principal regulations were published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part III, Section 4, vide notification number F. No. 2-15015/30/2010, dated the 1st August, 2011 and subsequently amended vide notification numbers: - (i) F.No. 4/15015/30/2011, dated the 7th June, 2013; (ii) F.No. P.15014/1/2011-PFA/FSSAI, dated the 27th June, 2013; (iii) F.No. 5/15015/30/2012, dated the 12th July, 2013; (iv) F.No. P.15025/262/13-PA/FSSAI, dated the 5th December, 2014; (v) F.No. 1-83F/Sci-Pan-Noti/FSSAI-2012, dated the 17th February, 2015; (vi) F.No. 4/15015/30/2011, dated the 4th August, 2015; (vii) F.No P. 15025/263/13-PA/FSSAI, dated the 4th November, 2015; (viii) F.No. P.15025/264/13-PA/FSSAI, dated the 4th November, 2015; (ix) F.No. 7/15015/30/2012, dated the 13th November, 2015; (x) F.No. P.15025/208/2013-PA/FSSAI, dated the 13th November, 2015; (xi) F.No P.15025/261/2013-PA/FSSAI, dated the 13th November, 2015; (xii) F.No.1-10(1)/Standards/SP (Fish and Fisheries Products)/FSSAI-2013, dated the 11th January, 2016; (xiii) No. 3-16/ Specified Foods/Notification (Food Additive)/FSSAI-2014, dated the 3rd May, 2016; (xiv) F.No. 15-03/Enf/FSSAI/2014, dated the 14th June, 2016; (xv) No. 3-14F/Notification (Nutraceuticals) /FSSAI-2013, dated the 13th July, 2016; (xvi) F.No. 1-12/Standards/SP (Sweets, Confectionery)/FSSAI-2015, dated the 15th July, 2016; (xvii) F.No. 1-120(1)/Standards/Irradiation/FSSAI-2015, dated the 23rd August, 2016; (xviii) F.No. 11/09/Reg/Harmoniztn/2014; dated the 5th September, 2016; (xix) Stds/CPLQ.CP/EM/FSSAI-2015, dated the 14th September, 2016; (xx) F.No. 11/12/Reg/Prop/FSSAI-2016, dated the 10th October, 2016; (xxi) F.No. 1-110(2)/SP (Biological Hazards)/FSSAI/2010, dated the 10th October, 2016; (xxii) F.No. Stds/SP (Water & Beverages)/Notif (2)/FSSAI-2016, dated the 25th October, 2016; (xxiii) F. No.1-11(1)/Standards/SP(Water & Beverages)/FSSAI-2015, dated the 15th November, 2016; (xxiv) F.No. P.15025/93/2011-PFA/FSSAI, dated the 2nd December, 2016; (xxv) F. No. P.15025/6/2004-PFS/FSSAI, dated the 29th December, 2016; (xxvi) F. No. Stds/O&F/Notification(1)/FSSAI-2016, dated the 31st January, 2017; (xxvii) F.No. 1-12/Standards/2012-FSSAI, dated the 13th February, 2017; (xxviii) F.No.1-10(7)/Standards/SP (Fish & Fisheries Products)/FSSAI-2013, dated the 13th February, 2017; (xxix) F. No. Stds /SCSS&H/ Notification (02)/FSSAI-2016, dated the 15th May, 2017; (xxx) F.No. Stds/03/Notification (LS)/FSSAI-2017, dated the 19th June, 2017; (xxxi) F.No. 1/Additives/Stds/14.2Notification/FSSAI/2016, dated the 31st July, 2017; (xxxii) F.No. Stds/F&VP/Notification(01)/FSSAI-2016, dated the 2nd August, 2017; (xxxiii) F.No. 1-94(1)/FSSAI/SP(Labelling)/2014, dated the 11th September, 2017; (xxxiv) F.No. Stds/M&MPIP(1)/SP/FSSAI-2015, dated the 12th September, 2017; (xxxv) No. Stds/SP (Water & Beverages)/Noti(1)/FSSAI-2016, dated the 15th September, 2017; (xxxvi) F.No. 1-10(8)/Standards/SP (Fish and Fisheries Products)/FSSAI-2013, dated the 15th September, 2017; (xxxvii) File No. 2/Stds/CPL & CP/Notification/FSSAI-2016, dated the 18th September, 2017; (xxxviii) F. No. A-1(1)/Standards/MMP/2012, dated the 12th October, 2017;8 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY [PART III—SEC. 4] (xxxix) F. No. Stds/O&F/Notification (3)/FSSAI-2016, dated the 12th October, 2017; (xl) F. No. 2/Stds/CPL & CP/Notification/FSSAI-2016(part), dated the 24th October, 2017; (xli) F.No. A-1/Standards/Agmark/2012-FSSAI (pt.I), dated the 17th November, 2017; (xlii) F.No. 1/Additives/Stds/BIS Notification/FSSAI/2016, dated the 17th November, 2017; (xliii) F.No. Stds/O&F/Notification (5)/FSSAI-2016, dated the 20th February, 2018; (xliv) F.No. Stds/01-SP(fortified & Enriched Foods)-Reg/FSSAI-2017, dated the 13th March, 2018; (xlv) F.No. 1/Infant Nutrition/Stds/Notification/FSSAI/2016, dated the 13th March, 2018; (xlvi) F. No.1-110(3)/SP (Biological Hazards)/FSSAI/2010, dated the 21st March, 2018; (xlvii) F.No. Stds/SCSS&H/ Notification (03)/FSSAI-2016, dated the 10th April, 2018; (xlviii) F.No. Stds/SP(SCSSH)/Ice lollies notification/FSSAI-2018, Dated 20th July,2018; (xlix) F.No. Stds/SP(Water & Beverages)/Notif(3)/FSSAI-2016, Dated 20th July,2018; and (l) F.No. Stds/CPL&CP/ Draft Notification/FSSAI-2017, dated 31st July, 2018. 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