Thursday, June 21, 2012 08:00 IST
Archana Aroor, Mumbai
With S N Mohanty taking over as the CEO at Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI), the Authority conducted its Ninth Authority Meeting recently. An official from FSSAI confirmed this to FnB News in a chat over telephone.
Conducted in the presence of chairperson K Chandramouli, the meeting discussed large number of issues with stakeholders. These included draft standards for olive oil, draft standards for caffeinated beverages, use of nutritional ingredients in various food items, amendment to the food safety & standards (contaminant, toxins and residues) regulations, fixing of antioxidant limit in honey and draft import regulations.
To begin with, the meeting took note of CEO's report on activities of FSSAI during the year 2011-12. Also, the challenges before the Authority during the year 2012-13 were spelt out.
Arun K Panda, joint secretary, ministry of health and family welfare, informed that a draft scheme would be formulated that would include an MoU (memorandum of understanding) with states so that they could strengthen their enforcement machinery, laboratories, information, education and communication.
The Authority, which discussed standards on olive oil, agreed upon most points. Regarding caffeinated beverages, Mona Malhotra, one of the members suggested, "and sportsperson" which was mentioned in the Clause 4(b) of the draft standards could be deleted and warning the consumer "not recommended for children, pregnant or lactating women, persons sensitive to caffeine" should be displayed in the principle display panel in bold with a bigger font.
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Archana Aroor, Mumbai
With S N Mohanty taking over as the CEO at Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI), the Authority conducted its Ninth Authority Meeting recently. An official from FSSAI confirmed this to FnB News in a chat over telephone.Conducted in the presence of chairperson K Chandramouli, the meeting discussed large number of issues with stakeholders. These included draft standards for olive oil, draft standards for caffeinated beverages, use of nutritional ingredients in various food items, amendment to the food safety & standards (contaminant, toxins and residues) regulations, fixing of antioxidant limit in honey and draft import regulations.
To begin with, the meeting took note of CEO's report on activities of FSSAI during the year 2011-12. Also, the challenges before the Authority during the year 2012-13 were spelt out.
Arun K Panda, joint secretary, ministry of health and family welfare, informed that a draft scheme would be formulated that would include an MoU (memorandum of understanding) with states so that they could strengthen their enforcement machinery, laboratories, information, education and communication.
The Authority, which discussed standards on olive oil, agreed upon most points. Regarding caffeinated beverages, Mona Malhotra, one of the members suggested, "and sportsperson" which was mentioned in the Clause 4(b) of the draft standards could be deleted and warning the consumer "not recommended for children, pregnant or lactating women, persons sensitive to caffeine" should be displayed in the principle display panel in bold with a bigger font.
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