Press note

Standards relating to Durum Wheat Maida, Quinoa, Instant Noodles & Pearl millet

flours

The Food Safety and Standards (Food Products Standards and Food Additives)

Amendment Regulations, 2017 has been notified in gazette of India.

The above notification specifies the standards for Durum Wheat Maida, Quinoa,

Instant Noodles, Pearl millet flour in addition to existing standards of Cereal & Cereal

Products at regulation 2.4.These new standards for Cereal & Cereal Products make it possible

to effectively regulate them for their food safety and quality.

The above regulation came into force on the date of their publication in the Official

Gazette.

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2 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY [PART III—SEC. 4)] )खा� उ&पाद मानक और खा� सहयो+य) िविनयम , 2011 म= और संशोधन करने के िलए िन निलिखत िविनयम बनाता ह,ै अथाMत्:— 1. (1) इन िविनयमD का संि�P नाम खा� सरु�ा और मानक (खा� उ&पाद मानक एव ंखा� सहयो+य) बारहवां संशोधन िविनयम, 2017 ह।ै (2) ये िविनयम राजप< म= उनके /काशन क� तारीख को /वृF हDगे। 2. खा� सुर�ा और मानक (खा� उ&पाद मानक और खा� सहयो+य) िविनयम, 2011, म= "अनाज और अनाज उ&पाद" से सबंिधत िविनयम 2.4 म=, (क) उप िविनयम 2.4.2 म= मैदा से सबंिधत खUड 3 के पVात, िनWिलिखत खडं को अंतः6थािपत �कया जाएगा, अथाMत ्“4. “डुरम गेY ँमैदा” से एक ऐसा उ&पाद अ[/ेट ह ैजो डुरम गेY ँ(���टकम डुरम ड�ेफ) के अनाज को पीसकर या चूणM करने क� /�\या से तैयार �कया जाता ह ैिजसम= अंकुर और चोकर आव]यक 0प स ेिनकाल �दए जाते ह8 और उपयुL यो^यता के अनुकूल को_ट के िलए अवशेष संसूिचत होता ह।ै यह िनWिलिखत मानक समनु0प होगा, अथाMत:— \म स. मानदंड सीमा (1) नमी (भार के अनुसार /ितशत) अिधकतम 13.0 (2) कुल भ6म (शु`क आधार पर) अिधकतम /ितशत 1.75 (3) तरल HCL म= अल अिवलेय भ6म (शु`क आधार पर), अिधकतम /ितशत 0.5 (4) /ोटीन (एन x 6.25) (शु`क आधार पर), Jयूनतम /ितशत 11.0 (5) अ�कोहािलक अलता (H2SO4 के 0प म= bL 90% अ�कोहल के साथ) अिधकतम /ितशत 0.12 (6) कण आकार 315 माइ\ोन िस�क जाली या मानव िनdमMत छलनी के माfयम से Jयूनतम 80 /ितशत गुजरेगी ” (ख) उप-िविनमय 2.4.6. म=, "खा� अनाज" से संबंिधत, खUड 17 के पVात, िनWिलिखत खUड को अंतः 6थािपत �कया जाएगा, अथाMत्— “18. “�iनोआ” से अिभ/ेत ह ैजो �कसी भी अJय अनुकूिलत /�\या :ारा या िशनोपोिडयम �नोआ के पौधD से /ाP सूखा पi अनाज ह ै िजसका 6पोिनJस धुलाई, सफाई, िडkयूlलंग या अJय �कसी अनुकूिलत /�\या :ारा िनकाला जाता ह।ै यह िनWिलिखत मानक समनु0प होगा,अथाMत.—

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¹Hkkx IIIµ[k.M 4º Hkkjr dk jkti=k % vlk/kj.k 5 (xi) फा. सं. 7/15015/30/2012, तारीख 13 नवबर, 2015; (xii) फा. सं. 1-10(1)/6टैUडसM/एसपी(�फश एडं �फश_रज /ोडIस)/एफएसएसएआई-2013, तारीख 11 जनवरी, 2016; (xiii) सं. 3-16/िविनदMx1 खा�/अिधसूचना (खा� सहयो+य/)/एफएसएसएआई-2014, तारीख 3 मई, 2016; (xiv) फा. सं. 15-03/ईएनएफ़/एफएसएसएआई-2014, तारीख 14 जून, 2016; (xv) फा. सं. 3-14 एफ़/अिधसूचना (Jयूाि6टक�स)/एफ़एसएसएआई–2013, तारीख 13 जुलाई, 2016; (xvi) फा. सं. 1-12/मानक /एस. पी.(मधु, मधुकारक)/एफ.एस.एस.ए.आई.-2015, तारीख 15 जुलाई, 2016; (xvii) फा. सं. 1-120(2)/मानक/�करिणत/एफएसएसएआई-2015, तारीख 23 अग6त, 2016; (xviii) एफ़. स.ं /11/09/रेग./हामzनाइजेशन/2017, तारीख 5 िसतबंर, 2016; (xix) फा. सं. मानक/सीपीएलIयू.सीपी/ईएम/एफएसएसएआई-2015, तारीख 14 िसतंबर, 2016; (xx) फा. सं. 11/12/िविन.//ोप./एफ.एस.एस.ए.आई.-2016, तारीख 10 अLूबर, 2016; (xxi) एफ सं. 1-110(2)/एसपी (जैिवक खतरे)/एफएसएसएआई/2010, तारीख 10 अLूबर, 2016; (xxii) फा. सं. मानक/एसपी(जल और पेय)/िअध(2)/एफएसएसएआई-2016, तारीख 25 अLूबर, 2016; (xxiii) फा. सं. 1-11(1)/मानक/एसपी (जल और सुपेय) एफएसएसएआई-2015, तारीख 15 नवंबर, 2016; (xxiv) एफ. सं. पी./15025/93/2011-पीएफ़ए/एफ़एसएसएआई, तारीख 2 �दसंबर, 2016; (xxv) फा. सं. पी.15025/6/2004-पीएफ़एस/एफएसएसएआई, तारीख 29 �दसंबर, 2016; (xxvi) फा. सं. मानक/ओ.एंड एफ./अिधसूचना(1)/एफ.एस.एस.ए.आई.-2016, तारीख 31 जनवरी, 2017; (xxvii) फा.सं. 1-12/मानक/2012-एफएसएसएआई, तारीख 13 फरवरी, 2017; (xxviii) फा. सं. 1-10(7)/6ट8डसM/एसपी(म&6य और म&6य उ&पाद) एफ़एसएसएआई-2013, तारीख 13 फरवरी, 2017 (xxix) फाइल स.ं मनाक/एससीएसएसएडंएच/अिधसूचना(02)/एफएसएसएआई-2016, तारीख 15 मई, 2017 और (xxx) फाइल स.ं 6ट8सडसM/03/अिधसूचना(एलएस)/एफएसएसएआई-2017, तारीख 19 जून 2017। (xxxi) एफ सं. 1/योजक/मानक/14.2.अिधसूचना/एफएसएसएआई-2016, तारीख 31 जुलाई, 2017 (xxxii) एफ. सं. मानक/एफ़एवंवीपी/अिधसूचना(01)/एफएसएसएआई-2016 तारीख 2 अग6त, 2017; (xxxiii) फाइल सं. 1-94(1)/एफ़एसएसएआई/एसपी (लेबlलगं)/2014, तारीख 11 िसतंबर, 2017; (xxxiv) फा. स.ं मानक/एम. एडं एम. पी. आई. पी. (1)/एस. पी./ एफ.एस.एस.ए.आई.-2015, तारीख 12 िसतबंर, 2017; (xxxv) फा. सं मानक/एसपी (पानी एव ं पेय)/अिध. (1)/एफ़एसएसएआई/2016, तारीख 15 िसतंबर, 2017 और (xxxvi) फा.सं. 1-10(8)/मानक/एसपी(मली और मली उ&पाद)/एफएसएसएआई.-2013, तारीख 15 िसतबंर, 2017।

6 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY [PART III—SEC. 4)]

MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

(FOOD SAFETY AND STANDARDS AUTHORITY OF INDIA)

NOTIFICATION

New Delhi, the 18th September, 2017

F. No. 2/Stds/CPL & CP/Notification/FSSAI-2016.—Whereas the draft Food Safety and Standards (Food

Products Standards and Food Additives) Amendment Regulations, 2016, was published as required by sub-section (1)

of section 92 of the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006 (34 of 2006), vide notification of the Food Safety and

Standards Authority of India number 2/Stds/CPL&CP/Notification/FSSAI-2016, dated the 2nd December, 2016, in the

Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part III, Section 4, inviting objections and suggestions from persons likely to be

affected thereby before the expiry of period of thirty days from the date on which the copies of the Official Gazette

containing the said notification were made available to the public;

And whereas copies of the Gazette were made available to the public on the 16th December, 2016;

And whereas objections and suggestions received from the public in respect of the said draft regulations have

been considered by the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India;

Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by clause (e) of sub-section (2) of section 92 of the Food

Safety and Standard Act,2006, the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India hereby makes the following

regulations further to amend the Food Safety and Standards (Food Products Standards and Food Additives)

Regulations, 2011, namely:—

(1) These regulations may be called the Food Safety and Standards (Food Products Standards and Food Additives)

Twelfth Amendment Regulations, 2017.

(2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.

2. In the Food Safety and Standards (Food Products Standards and Food Additives) Regulations, 2011, in

regulation 2.4 relating to “CEREALS AND CEREAL PRODUCTS”,—

(a) in sub-regulation 2.4.2 relating to “MAIDA”, after clause 3, the following clause shall be inserted, namely:—

“4. “Durum wheat maida” means the product prepared from grains of durum wheat (Triticum durum Desf.)

by grinding or milling process in which the bran and germ are essentially removed and the remainder is

comminuted to a suitable degree of fineness, which shall conform to the following standards, namely:—

Sl. No. parameter limit

(1) Moisture (per cent by mass), Max. 13.0

(2) Total ash (on dry matter basis ), Max % 1.75

(3) Acid insoluble ash in dilute HCl (on dry matter basis ), Max % 0.15

(4) Protein (Nx6.25) (on dry matter basis), Min % 11.0

(5) Alcoholic acidity (with 90 per cent. alcohol expressed as H2SO4), Max

% 0.12

(6) Particle size Minimum 80 per

cent. shall pass

through a 315

micron silk

gauze or man-

made textile

sieve

”

(b) in sub-regulation 2.4.6 relating to “Food grains”, after clause 17, the following clause shall be inserted, namely:—

“18. “Quinoa” means the dried matured grain obtained from the plant of Chenopodium quinoa from which

saponin has been removed by washing, scouring, dehulling or by any other suitable process, which shall

conform to the following Standards, namely:—

Sl. No. parameter limit

(1) Moisture (per cent by mass),

Max.

12.0

(2) Extraneous matter Not more than 1 per cent. by mass of which not

(Extraneous matter) more than 0.25 per cent. by mass

shall be mineral matter and not more than 0.10 per cent.

by mass shall be impurities of animal origin.

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(c) in sub-regulation 2.4.10 relating to “MACARONI PRODUCTS”, after clause 1, the following clause shall be inserted, namely:—

“2. (1)The “Instant noodle (not applied to noodle seasoning)” means the product prepared from wheat

flour or rice flour or flour of any other cereals, millets and legumes covered in sub-regulation 2.4 of

these regulations or combination thereof or flour from tubers and water as the main ingredient, with or

without the addition of herbs, condiments and seasoning, spices, iodised salt, sugar, wheat gluten by

kneading the dough and extending it, and starches, dried fruits and vegetables, or their products or

extracts, nuts, edible protein and egg powder, meat, poultry, marine or their products [whose

standards are prescribed in these regulations] may be added, if required.

(2) Instant noodle is characterised by the use of pregelatinization process and dehydration either by

frying in any oil or fat covered under sub-regulation 2.2 or by other methods, and the product shall be

presented as Fried noodles or Non-fried noodles.

(3) The product shall be of good characteristic colour, appearance, texture, aroma and taste and shall

be free from undesirable taste, dirt, insect’s larvae and impurities or any other extraneous matter,

which shall conform to the following standards, namely:—

”

(4) the manufacturer shall label seasoning, if any, accompanying the instant noodles distinctly on the

package.”

(d) after sub-regulation 2.4.16 relating to “EXPELLER PRESSED FLOUR”, the following sub- regulation shall be inserted, namely:—

“2.4.17 “Pearl Millet flour” means the product obtained from pearl millet grains (Pennisetum americanum

L., and Pennisetum typhyoideum) through a process of milling. which shall be free from abnormal

flavours, odours, living insects, filth (impurities of animal origins, including dead insects), and shall

conform to the following standards, namely:—

”

PAWAN AGARWAL, Chief Executive Officer

[ADVT.-III/4/Exty./228/17]

(3) Other edible grains, Max % 0.5

(4) Damaged grains, Max % 3.0

(5) Uric acid (Not more than) 100 mg/kg

(6) Saponin Content, Max. % 0.1

S.No. Parameter Fried noodles Non- fried noodles

(a) Moisture (percent by mass), Max. 10.0 13.0

(b) Acid insoluble ash (on dry matter

basis), Max %

0.3 0.3

(c) Acid Value, Max. 2.0 ---

Sl. No. parameter limits

(1) Moisture (per cent by mass), Max. 13.0

(2) Total Ash (on dry matter basis ), Max % 0.8 to 1.0

(3) Protein (N×5.7)(per cent on dry matter basis), Min. 8.0

(4) Fat (on dry mass basis), Max. % 6.0

(5) Crude Fibre (per cent on dry mass basis), Max. 2.5

(6) Particle Size

shall pass through 1mm

sieve

8 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY [PART III—SEC. 4)]

Note : The principal regulations were published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part III, Section 4, vide

notification number F. No. 2-15015/30/2010, dated the 1st August, 2011 and subsequently amended vide the

following notifications—

(I) F. No. 4/15015/30/2011, dated 7th June, 2013;

(II) F. No. P. 15014/1/2011-PFA/FSSAI, dated 27th June, 2013;

(III) F. No. 5/15015/30/2012, dated 12th July, 2013;

(IV) F. No. P. 15025/262/2013-PA/FSSAI, dated 5th December, 2014;

(V) F. No. 1-83F/Sci. Pan- Noti/FSSAI-2012, dated 17th February, 2015;

(VI) F. No. 4/15015/30/2011, dated 4th August, 2015;

(VII) F. No. P.15025/264/13-PA/FSSAI, dated 4th November, 2015;

(VIII) F. No. P. 15025/263/13-PA/FSSAI, dated 4th November, 2015;

(IX) F. No. P. 15025/261-PA/FSSAI, dated 13th November, 2015;

(X) F. No. P. 15025/208/2013-PA/FSSAI, Dated 13th November, 2015;

(XI) F. No. 7/15015/30/2012, dated 13th November, 2015;

(XII) F. No. 1-10(1)/Standards/SP9Fish and Fisheries Products)/FSSAI-2013, dated 11th January, 2016;

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