Date: 2015-06-05Category: Extra OrdinaryState: Union GovernmentCountry: India
The following draft of certain regulations further to amend the Food Safety and Standards Food Products Standards and Food Additives Regulations, 2011.
Executive Summary:
This notification from the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) publishes draft amendments to the Food Safety and Standards (Food Products Standards and Food Additives) Regulations, 2011, specifically concerning fish and fish products. The document invites objections or suggestions, supported by scientific evidence, to be addressed to the Chief Executive Officer, FSSAI, within sixty days of the publication of the notification. The proposed amendments relate to standards for dried, salted, and dried-salted fish.
Key Points / Main Content:
* **Amendment Title:** Food Safety and Standards (Food Products Standards and Food Additives) Amendment Regulations, 2015.
* **Regulation Amended:** Food Safety and Standards (Food Products Standards and Food Additives) Regulations, 2011, regulation 2.6 relating to Fish and Fish Products.
* **Specific Amendment:** Sub-regulation 2.6.1, clause 7, is substituted, concerning dried salted fish and dried fishery products.
**Requirements for Dried Salted and Dried Fishery Products:**
* Prepared from fresh or wholesome fish after drying, with or without added salt.
* Fish must be bled, gutted, beheaded, split, or filleted and washed before salting and drying.
* Salt must be clean and free from foreign matter and contamination.
* Product must be free from foreign matter, objectionable odor, and flavor.
* Permitted food additives as per Appendix A.
* Must conform to microbiological and chemical requirements as laid down in the regulation.
* Must conform to the following requirements:
* Water activity (aW) at 25°C: Less than 0.78.
* Salt Content (percent Sodium Chloride): Not less than 12.
* Histamine content, max.: 200 mg/Kg (only applicable for dried-salted fishery products from listed fish species associated with histamine poisoning).
* Acid Insoluble Ash on dry basis: Not more than 1.
Impact Analysis:
**Food Producers/Manufacturers:**
* Impact: Must adhere to the new standards for dried, salted, and dried-salted fish products, including processing methods, ingredient quality, and chemical and microbiological requirements.
* Action Required: Review and update production processes, quality control measures, and labeling to ensure compliance with the amended regulations.
**Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI):**
* Impact: Responsible for enforcing the amended regulations and considering public feedback on the draft.
* Action Required: Review and consider any objections or suggestions received, supported by scientific evidence, before finalizing the amendment.
**Consumers:**
* Impact: May benefit from improved safety and quality standards for fish and fishery products.
* Action Required: Review new policies.
**Stakeholders:**
* Impact: All stakeholders affected by the notification
* Action Required: Provide suggestions within the period of sixty days from the date on which the copies of the Official Gazette in which this notification is published are made available to the public.
Key Entities Referenced
Food Safety and Standards Authority of India: An authority responsible for food safety and standards in India, involved in amending food regulations.
Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006: The legislative act that empowers the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India to make regulations.
Food Safety and Standards Food Products Standards and Food Additives Regulations, 2011: A set of regulations that are being amended by the current notification.
Central Government: The government whose approval is required for the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India to make regulations.
New Delhi: The location of the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India's office.
YUDHVIR SINGH MALIK: The Chief Executive Officer of the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India.
Fish and Fisheries Products: The specific category of food products that the amendment to the regulations pertains to.
Official Gazette: The official publication in which the notification is published, triggering a period for public feedback.
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MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
(FOOD SAFETY AND STANDARDS AUTHORITY OF INDIA)
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 5th June, 2015
F. No. 1-10(1)/Standards/SP(Fish and Fisheries Products)/FSSAI-2013.—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, with previous
approval of the Central Government, proposes to make, in exercise of the powers conferred by clause (i) of
sub-section (2) of section 92 read with section 16 of the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006 (34 of 2006) is
hereby published as required by the said sub-section (2), 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 sixty days from the date on which the copies of the Official Gazette in which
this notification is published are made available to the public;
Objections or suggestions, if any, duly supported by scientific evidence may be addressed to the
Chief Executive Officer, Food Safety and Standards Authority of India, Food and Drug Administration
Bhawan, Kotla Road, New Delhi-110002;
The objections and suggestions, which may be received from any person with respect to the said draft
regulation before the expiry of the period so specified, will 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, 2015.
2. In the Food Safety and Standards (Food Products Standards and Food Additives) Regulations, 2011, in
regulation 2.6 relating to “Fish and Fish Products”,
(a) in sub-regulation 2.6.1, in clause (7) relating to salted fish/dried salted fish, the following shall be
substituted, namely:-
“7(1) Dried/ salted and dried fishery products means the product prepared from fresh or wholesome
fish after drying with or without addition of salt.
(2) The fish shall be bled, gutted, beheaded, split or filleted and washed prior to salting and drying.
(3) Salt used to produce salted fish shall be clean, free from foreign matter, show no visible signs of
contamination with dirt, oil, bilge or other extraneous materials.
(4) The product shall be free from foreign matter, objectionable odour and flavour.
(5) The product may contain food additives permitted in Appendix A.4 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY [PART III—SEC. 4]
(6) The product shall conform to the microbiological and chemical requirement as laid down in the
regulation.
(7) The products shall conform to the following requirements:
** Requirement of Histamine content is only applicable for dried/dry-salted fishery products prepared from
listed fish species associated with histamine poisoning.”
*Requirement of salt content is only applicable to dry salted fishery products.
YUDHVIR SINGH MALIK, Chief Executive Officer
[ADVT.-III/4/Exty./187-O/15(103)
Sr. No. Characteristics Requirements
(1) (2) (3)
1. Water activity (a ), at 25°C Less than 0.78
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2. Salt Content (percent Sodium Chloride)* Not less than 12 %
3. Histamine** content, max. 200 mg/Kg
4. Acid Insoluble Ash on dry basis Not more than 1%
Note. - The principal regulations were published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary vide
notification number F. No. 2-15015/30/2010, dated the 1st August, 2011.
(i) F. No. P.15014/1/2011-PFA/FSSAI, dated 27th June, 2013.
(ii) F. No. 5/15015/30/2012, dated 12th July, 2013.
(iii) F. No. 4/15015/30/2011, dated the 7th June, 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
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