FSSAI SET TO RELEASE FORTIFICATION STANDARDS FOR PACKAGED FOODS
May 1st, 2017
The Food Safety and Standard Authority of India (FSSAI) will announce draft standards for fortifying packaged food “within next few weeks” in which bread, pasta and cereal are “likely candidates,” its CEO Pawan Agarwal has told just-food.
The FSSAI’s scientific panel on nutrition and fortification is drafting the standards he said, which would be official, but voluntary.
The work is being undertaken through the Food Safety and Standards (Fortification of Food) Regulations, 2016, which has already led the FSSAI to draft fortification standards for ...
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