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Food Safety Helpline, Everything you need to
know about Food Safety & FSSAI Compliance

Please confirm to me whether the emulsifier Soy the requirements & provisions of the following
Lecithin E322 is permissible in chocolates? regulations; FSS (Packaging & Labelling) Regulation,
Lecithin (INS 322 i) & (INS 322ii) is permissible in 2011, FSS (Food Products Standards & Food Additives)
chocolates as per FSS (Food Products Standards and Regulation, 2011, FSS (Contaminants, Toxins &
Food Additives) Regulation, 2011. Residues) Regulation, 2011.

Please refer: https://www.fssai.gov.in/upload/
I want to sell homemade pickle online in a jar. uploadfiles/files/Gazette_Notification_Organic_
Currently, the quantity is small; less than 100kg. Do I Food_04_01_2017.pdf
need to put nutritional facts on the jar?
As per FSSAI’s Packaging & Labelling Regulation,
the nutritional information may not be necessary Can we pack raw milk in pouches after getting
to be declared on the label for certain food products FSSAI License?
including pickles, so the nutritional information is not You must have disclosed the nature of your food
required to be mentioned on the pack/jar of the pickle. business at the time of applying for the license. So, if
your license permits the same, then you can definitely
pack the raw milk for further sale and you have to
Does FSSAI have any regulation for organic food comply with the packaging & labelling regulations
products? Does someone require a documentary besides meeting the food product standards & food
proof for the Organic Food? analysis and must ensure that the conditions of the
For organic food products, there is already a regulation license should be met.
available which is known as Food Safety and
Standards (Organic Food) Regulation, 2017. In the said
regulation, it is stated that the organic product offered If we manufacture any type of cheese, is there
or promoted for sale shall also have to comply with the any requirement as per FSSAI for minimum % of
provisions of one of the following systems: cheese in the product?
As per the Food Safety & Standards Act, Rules &
(i) National Programme for Organic Production (NPOP); Regulations, the standards have been given for
various types of cheese. You may please read through
(ii) Participatory Guarantee System for India (PGS- the following link and further can refer Food Safety &
India). Standards (Food Product Standards & Food Additives)
Regulation, 2011 and the amendments thereof for
(iii) Any other system or standards as may be notified more details on it.
by the Food Authority from time to time.
Please read; https://www.fssai.gov.in/upload/
The regulation for organic food has clearly stated uploadfiles/files/Compendium_Food_Additives_
that the organic food product shall comply with Regulations_08_09_2020-compressed.pdf

Food Marketing & Technology 10 December 2020