Proprietary Food has been defined under new Regulation by FSSAI. Notification is given below.
MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
(Food Safety
and Standards Authority of India)
NOTIFICATION New
Delhi, the 12th January, 2016
F. No. 11/12/Reg/Prop/FSSAI-2016.—In exercise of the power
conferred by clause (d) of sub-section (2) of Section 18 of the Food Safety and
Standards Act, 2006 (34 of 2006), the Food safety and Standards Authority of
India, hereby makes the following amendment to the regulation 2.12 relating to ‘Proprietary
Food’ of Food Safety and Standards (Food Products Standards and Food Additives)
Regulations,2011, namely:—
Regulations
1. Shor title and commencement. -(1) These regulations may
be called the Food Safety and Standards
(Food Products Standards and Food Additives) Amendment
Regulations, 2016.
(2) They shall come into force on the date of publication in
the Official Gazette.
2. In the Food Safety and Standards (Food Products Standards
and Food Additives) Regulations, 2011, in
regulations 2.12 relating to ‘Proprietary Food’, for the
sub-regulations 2.12.1, the following shall be
substituted, namely: -
“2.12.1: For the purpose of these regulations, -
(1) Proprietary food means an article of food that has not
been standardized under these regulations, but
does not include any novel food, food for special dietary
use, functional food, nutraceutical, health
supplement and such other articles of food which the Central
Government may notify in this behalf.
(2) Proprietary food shall contain only those ingredients
other than additives which are either
standardised in these Regulations or permitted for use in
the preparation of other standardised food
under these Regulations.
(3) Proprietary food shall use only such additives as
specified for the Category to which the food belongs
and such category shall be clearly mentioned on the label
along with its name, nature and
composition.
(4) Proprietary food product shall comply with the food
additives provisions as prescribed in Appendix A
and the microbiological specifications as prescribed in
Appendix B of these Regulations and all other
Regulations made under this Act.
(5) The Food Business Operator shall be fully responsible
for the safety of the proprietary food.”
PAWAN AGARWAL, Chief Executive Officer
[ADVT-III/4/Exty./329]
Note.—The principle regulations were published in the
Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part III, Section 4
vide notification number F. No. 2-15015/30/2010, dated the
1st August, 2011and subsequently
amended vide notification numbers:—
(i) F. No. 4/15015/30/2011, dated the 7th June, 2013;
(ii) F. No. P.15014/1/2011-PFA/FSSAI, dated the 27th June,
2013;
(iii) F. No. 5/15015/30/2012, dated the 12th July, 2013;
(iv) F. No. P.15025/262/13-PA/FSSAI dated the 5th December,
2014;
(v) F. No. 1-83F/Sci.Pan-Noti/FSSAI-2012 dated the 17th
February, 2015;
(vi) F. No. 4/15015/30/2011, dated the 4th August, 2015;
(vii) F. No P. 15025/263/13-PA/FSSAI, dated the 4th
November, 2015;
(viii) F. No. P.15025/264/13-PA/FSSAI, dated the 4th
November, 2015;
(ix) F. No. 7/15015/30/2012, dated the 13th November, 2015;
(x) F. No. P.15025/208/2013-PA/FSSAI, dated the 13th November,
2015 and
(xi) F. No. P. 15025/261/2013-PA/FSSAI, dated the 13th
November, 2015.
