India proposed amendments to food fortification legislation
On December 14,2020, the Food Safety Standards Bureau of India (FSSAI) issued file No.Stds/fortification/MISC-03/FSSAI-2018 to amend the nutritional fortification provisions in food safety and standards regulations. The main amendments were to add the following requirements to the "Rules to be followed for the fortification of micronutrients in foods" in Part 4:
1.Pre-packaged edible vegetable oils weight below 15 kg shall be fortified with vitamin A and vitamin D, levels shall comply with point 2 of the schedule I;
2.Pre-packaged modulated milk, skim milk, whole milk shall be fortified with vitamin A and vitamin D, addition levels shall comply with point 3 of the schedule I.
The draft feedback period is 60 days.
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