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FSSAI collaborating with ministry of Ayush on stds for Ayurvedic meals
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Saturday, 23 February, 2019, 08 : 00 AM [IST]
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Ashwani Maindola, New Delhi
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The apex regulator is said to be working on standards for ayurvedic meals, as a separate category and is collaborating with the Ministry of Ayush for the same. According to Pawan Kumar Agarwal, chief executive officer, FSSAI, active discussions are on with the ministry for the project.
Speaking on the sidelines of an event hosted by the CII (Chamber of Indian Industry), he stated that both FSSAI and the Ministry of Ayush were exploring the possibilities of looking into the subject of standards for ayurvedic food.
Agarwal added that discussions were going on between the authority and the ministry to dwell on the question whether there can be standards for ayurvedic food as a separate category in the food supplements regulatory framework.
“The decision of making it a separate category or keeping it in the existing food supplement regulations will be taken up at appropriate time,” he said.
The proposal was according to sources was mooted by the ministry itself, as FSSAI has already implemented a comprehensive regulation that prescribes standards for food and health supplements, nutraceuticals, foods for special dietary uses, for special medical purpose and functional and novel food in 2018.
Schedule IV of this regulation specifies the permitted levels of plant or botanical ingredients in supplements and nutraceutical products. It is pertinent to mention here that a working group to draft guidelines on the botanical standards of food supplements, which are published under FSSAI Nutraceuticals Regulation in January 2018 is already working.
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