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Fssai Permitted Food Colours. Contains permitted synthetic food colours and added flavours or CONTAINS PERMITTED NATURAL AND SYNTHETIC FOOD COLOURS AND ADDED FLAVOURS In case of artificial flavouring agents the labels should indicate the common name of the flavour but when natural flavouring agents are added the class names of the flavours should be mentioned on the label as per the declaration provided by FSSAI. The comprehensive list of food additives published now includes the comments received from various stakeholders. This step of FSSAI came as a reaction after the advisory coming from scientific panel who was investigating the feasibility of the draft. However these colours are not permitted to be used in infant foods.
Synthetic food colours have been authorized and regulated for use in food additives in many countries Ministry of 21 Health Labor and Welfare 1947. The new document was prepared on the basis of. Permitted synthetic colorants The FSSAI regulations for food coloring are covered under the category Coloring Matter in the Food Safety and Standards Food Products Standards and Food Additives Regulations 2011. Extracts from the official FSSAI Doc. It is under food additive regulation which has limited clarifications. Permitted food grade solvents followed by bleaching with absorbent earth andor activated carbon and deodorized with steam without using any chemical agents 36 refining means a process by which a solvent-extracted oil is deacidified- i With alkali or ii With physical refining or both or.
Contains permitted added color ins and added flavour s In the case of artificial flavouring substances.
Extracts from the official FSSAI Doc. Contains permitted synthetic food colours and added flavours or CONTAINS PERMITTED NATURAL AND SYNTHETIC FOOD COLOURS AND ADDED FLAVOURS In case of artificial flavouring agents the labels should indicate the common name of the flavour but when natural flavouring agents are added the class names of the flavours should be mentioned on the label as per the declaration provided by FSSAI. 312 6 of THE FOOD SAFETY AND STANDARDS FOOD PRODUCTS STANDARDS AND FOOD ADDITIVES REGULATIONS 2011 deals use of permitted synthetic food colours in or upon any food other than those enumerated below is prohibited i Ice-cream milk lollies frozen desserts flavoured milk yoghurt ice-cream mix-powder. However in some foods and beverages mentioned in regulations the maximum limit of permitted synthetic food colours may be up to and not exceed 200 parts per million of the final food or beverage for consumption. South and Central Asia India. The declaration about the food colours on the label shall be in accordance with the FSS Packaging Labelling Regulations 2011.