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FSSAI issues draft prescribing Basmati rice standards
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Monday, 08 November, 2021, 08 : 00 AM [IST]
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Ashwani Maindola, New Delhi
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The Indian food authority, FSSAI, has issued a draft prescribing ‘Basmati
Rice Standards’ and sought stakeholders comments on the same. Called the Food Safety and Standards (Food Products Standards and Food Additives) Amendment Regulations, 2021, it includes standards for ‘Basmati Rice’ in regulation number 2.4 that covers cereals and cereal products.
According to the draft, ‘Basmati Rice shall be mature kernels of the
varieties of Oryza sativa L. notified under the Seeds Act, 1966 (54 of
1966) as Basmati, which shall possess natural fragrance, characteristic of
Basmati rice both in raw and cooked forms and shall be free from artificial colouring, polishing agents and artificial fragrances.'
The types of Basmati Rice include Brown Basmati, Milled Basmati, Parboiled Brown (de-husked), Milled Parboiled and Blended Basmati Rice (mixture of milled Basmati rice -80% with other long grain non-Basmati rice).
The draft says that the Average Length (mm) of Basmati rice should be 7.0 and above for brown rice, and 6.61 and above for milled variety. The
average cooked rice length (mm) should be 12.0 while the average length – breadth ratio should be 3.5mm.
The other standards include, moisture percent by mass, not more than 14%, other varieties of non-Basmati rice (per cent by mass with Basmati rice), not more than 5.0%, damaged discoloured grains (per cent by mass), not more than 1%, alkali spreading value (ASV) 4.0-7.0, and uric acid (mg per kg), not more than 100mg.
Further, the confirmation for Basmati Rice variety shall be done by Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) test, if required.
Also, every package of Blended Basmati Rice containing Milled Basmati Rice and other extra long grain rice shall carry the label, - ‘BLENDED BASMATI RICE contains Milled Basmati Rice........ per cent’. Other extra long grain non-Basmati rice ....... per cent’. Besides, the type of broken rice, such as Tibar, Dubar, Mogra shall be prominently mentioned on the label.
The length prescribed by the FSSAI for broken Basmati rice includes:
Basmati Rice Tibar (>6.5 mm), Basmati Rice Dubar (>6.1 mm), Basmati Rice Mini Dubar (>5.25 mm), Basmati Rice Mogra (>4.4mm) and Basmati Rice Mini Mogra (>3.8 mm). Rest of the parameters for long grain Basmati rice will be applicable on the broken Basmati rice as well.
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