The food Safety and Standards (Packaging and labelling) Regulations, 2011 prescribe the manner of marking and labelling of foods under section 23 of the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006.
So far, three amendments have been carried out in the said regulations for;
i) Mandatory display of Food Safety and Standards Authority of India’s logo and license number;
ii) Declaration of trans fats and saturated fats in Hydrogenated vegetable oils; and
iii) Declaration of Plant Stanols and Trehalose, in packages of certain Food Products.
The Health Minister of India, J P Nadda on Friday (29th of April) stated this in a written reply in the Lok Sabha.
