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FSSAI issues draft on manual of methods of analysis for dairy products
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Friday, 08 October, 2021, 08 : 00 AM [IST]
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Ashwani Maindola, New Delhi
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The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has issued a draft on ‘Revised Manual of Methods of Analysis of Foods, for Dairy and Dairy Products’. Stakeholders can comment on the same by October 26.
The draft includes 127 analysis methods for liquid milk, cream, dahi & yoghurt, cheese & cheese products, channa/paneer, ice cream & related products, condensed/evaporated milk, dried milk products, khoa, butter, milk fat products, chakka & shrikhand, whey powder, edible casein products, colostrum and, others including determination of melamine and cyanuric acid in milk and milk products, preparation of standard solution of sodium hydroxide, hydrochloric acid and silver nitrate.
According to the FSSAI, the test methods given in the manual were standardised, validated and taken from national or international methods or recognised specifications. However it would be the responsibility of the respective testing laboratory to verify the performance of these methods onsite and ensure that it gives proper results before putting these methods into use.
A senior official with the FSSAI stated, the ‘Revised Manual of Methods of Analysis’ of Foods - Dairy and Dairy Products' has been approved by the Scientific Panel on Methods of Sampling & Analysis in its 34th meeting held in July this year.
“Before the manual was finalised, the comments, views, suggestions of the stakeholders were invited,” read the FSSAI statement adding that only such of the comments, suggestions would be taken into consideration as were furnished with supporting scientific evidence.
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