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FSSAI amends 'gluten free' norms, removes provisions to cut gluten content
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Friday, 30 April, 2021, 08 : 00 AM [IST]
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Ashwani Maindola, New Delhi
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The Food Safety & Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has amended the regulations related to ‘Gluten Free’ products and removed the provisions for food products, processed specially to reduce gluten content.
In this regard, the recently notified Gazette notification says that the regulation 2.15 of the Food Safety and Standards (Food Products Standards and Food Additives) Regulations shall be omitted.
The regulation 2.15, related to food specially processed to reduce gluten content to a level 20 -100mg/kg, explained that such food consists of or are made of one or more ingredients which may contain rice, millets, ragi, oats, rye, barley, maize, wheat, pulses and legumes containing gluten content in range of 20 -100 mg/kg.
This provision now stands omitted.
Further, the notification says that in 2.14 of the said regulation, which defines the Gluten Free Food, the definition under sub clause 3, ‘A food which, by its nature, is suitable for use as part of a gluten free diet shall not be named as ‘special dietary’, “special dietetic” or any other equivalent term, however, such food may bear a statement on the label that ‘this food is by its nature gluten-free’, shall be replaced with,’ A food which, by its nature, is suitable for use as part of a gluten free diet shall not be named as 'special dietary‘, 'special dietetic‘ or any other equivalent term, however, such food may bear a statement on the label that 'This food is by its nature gluten free' and provided that it complies with the essential composition provisions for gluten free food as set out in sub-regulation 2.14.4 and such a statement does not mislead the consumer.
Regulation 2.14.4 says that for the purpose of labelling a product as gluten free, when such a product is analysed, the gluten levels shall be below 20 mg/kg as per the method declared by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development or the Association of Official Agricultural Chemists.
Meanwhile, proviso under 2.14.4 was also removed that says 'Provided that it complies with the essential composition provisions for Gluten Free food and such a statement does not mislead the consumer.'
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