Through a notification published on 29 October 2019 the FSSAI has operationalized the Food Safety and Standards (Food Product Standards and Food Additives) Amendment Regulations 2019 related to the revision of standards for honey.
FSSAI framed the draft Food Safety and Standards (Food Products Standards and Food Additives) Amendment Regulations, 2019 related to the revision of standards of Honey with regard to parameters for Pollen count, Specific marker for Rice Syrup (SMR), Trace marker for Rice Syrup (TMR) and Foreign oligosaccharides.
The FSSAI has stated that the draft regulations are in the process of being notified and the process of draft notification, consideration of comments if any that may be received thereon, and the finalization of these regulations are likely to take some time. Meanwhile, to address the issue of the Food Business Operators to comply with the present standards of honey with respect to the parameters mentioned above, the FSSAI has decided to operationalize these regulations with immediate effect.
The revised standards for honey that have been operationalized for honey are as follows.
Notice for operationalization of draft Food Safety and Standards (Food Product Standards and Food Additives) Amendment Regulations, 2019
- These regulations may be called the Food Safety and Standards (Food Product Standards and Food Additives) Amendment Regulations, 2019.
- In the Food Safety and Standards (Food Product Standards and Food Additives) Regulations, 2011, under regulation 2.8 “Sweetening Agents including Honey”, in sub-regulation 2.8.3 relating to Honey and its by-products, the limits for pollen count was given as 25000 but the parameter for pollen has been amended to the following limits.
12.
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Pollen count and plant elements/g, Min.
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5000
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The parameters for the following have been omitted in the revised amendment.
- Specific marker for Rice Syrup (SMR)
- Trace marker for Rice Syrup (TMR)
- Foreign oligosaccharides
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