The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India vide its notification dated 6th September 2021 has published the Draft Food Safety and Standards (Labelling and Display) Amendment Regulations, 2021 to further amend the Food Safety and Standards (Labelling and Display) Regulations, 2020.
The regulation Prescribes the labelling requirements of pre-packaged foods and display of essential information on premises where food is manufactured, processed, served and stored and also covers the general requirements of labelling of pre packaged foods such as Name of food, Name of food, List of ingredients, Nutritional information, Calculation of Nutrients.
Through this amendment, a new regulation 2.6 has been inserted which deals with Labelling of various types of bread. These breads shall contain a minimum amount of speciality ingredient as % of flour as specified in the amended regulation.
