FSSAI Notification
In the wake of setting stronghold principles for staples, the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has advised standards for passable degrees of micronutrients for fortifying food items that are processed, for example, breakfast oats, breads, biscuits, rusks, noodles, pasta, buns and juices.
Organizations that manufacture such items can fortify them with micronutrients willfully. Additionally, items that are high in fat, sugar and salt will be “prohibited” from the processed food category. Latest notification states that, “Processed Foods that are fortified may have sustained staples as raw materials and additionally braced with allowed micronutrients and added substances as indicated under the Food Safety and Standards (Food Product Standards and Food Additives) Regulation, 2011”.
Effectively, many food organizations sell packaged items, for example, noodles and rusks sustained with nutrients and minerals. They should abide by the set standards by next year.
Source :
https://fssai.gov.in/upload/media/FSSAI_News_fortification_BusinessLine_23_12_2020.pdf