The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India vide its notification dated 4th March 2021 has published the Food Safety and Standards (Food Products Standards and Food Additives) First Amendment Regulations, 2021 and the food business operator shall comply with all the provisions of these regulations with effect from 1st January, 2022.
The Amendment is brought under regulation 2.4 which notifies various food products and has revised the requirement and limits on those products.
Under sub-regulation 2.4.15, Biscuits which is made from cereal and cereal products including millets/pulses/legumes and/ mixtures, may contain fats and oils, including fat emulsions etc. or mixture thereof, Baking powder , sugar and sugar products, edible common salt including salt substitutes, dairy products and analogues, nutritive and non-nutritive sweeteners etc.
Further the Bajra Flour shall be free from abnormal flavours, odours, living insects, filth (impurities of animal origin including dead insects.
