The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India vide its notification dated 16th November 2021 has issued clarification regarding use of claims on Multi-Source Edible oil with respect to food safety and standards (advertising and claims) regulation 2018.
FSSAI has received representation from stakeholders seeking clarification regarding use of nutrient function claims and other claims for edible vegetable oil which form part of the admixture in multi-source edible oil (MSEO).
In this regard, it has been clarified that the food business operators may make nutrient function claims as specified for individual oil in schedule-IIA of food safety and standards (advertising and claims) regulation 2018 even in case of MSEO provided that the claims are restricted only to the major component of the blend.
Further, in case of MSEO whose component oil are equal proportion (i.e., 50% each), only those specified nutrient-function claims that are common to both the oils can be made, however in case the component oils of MSEO have conflicting nutrient-function claims, no such claims can be made.
