Tuesday, 24 October 2017

Do you know the food exempted from FSSAI's Labeling requirements?

As per clause no. 2.6.1 of FSS (Packaging & Labeling) Regulation,2011 food products belonging to following cases are
exempted from labelling requirements:

Case-1. Where the surface area of the package is not more than 100 square centimeters.

Label of such package is exempted from the requirements of:

1.List of ingredients
2.Lot Number or Batch Number or Code Number,
3.Nutritional information and
4.Instructions for use

but these information should be given on the wholesale packages or multi piece packages, as the case may be.

Case-2. Packages having surface area of less than 30 square centimeters.

Label of such package is exempted from the requirements of:

1.List of ingredients
2.Lot Number or Batch Number or Code Number
3.Nutritional information
4.Instructions for use
5.The 'date of manufacture' or 'best before date' or 'expiry date'

but these information shall be given
on the wholesale packages or multipiece packages, as the case may be.

Eg. Candy in pillow pack , candies in Jar

Case- 3.Liquid products marketed in bottles, if such bottle is intended to be reused for refilling.

Requirement of list of ingredients is exempted, but the nutritional information specified in regulation 2.2.2 (4) of FSS (Packaging & Labeling) Regulation,2011  need to be given on the label.

Provided that in case of such glass bottles manufactured after March 19, 2009, the list of ingredients and nutritional information need to be given on the bottle.

Eg. Beverages in glass bottles

Case-4. Food with shelf-life of not more than seven days.

The 'date of manufacture' is not required to be mentioned on the label of packaged food articles, but the 'use by date' must be mentioned on the label by the manufacturer or packer.

Eg. Milk packets, bread etc.

Case-5. Multi piece packages containing packages having surface area more than 100  centimeters square.

Label of such package is exempted from the requirements of:

1.List of ingredients,
2.Nutritional information ,
3.Date of manufacture/ packing,
4.Best before
5.Expiry date
6.Labelling of irradiated food
7.Vegetarian logo/non vegetarian logo.

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  1. Vishesh Jangir

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