Indian revision of honey and beans and other series of standards

On December 19, 2017, the Indian Institute of Food Safety Standards released the notification of No. Stds / CPL & CP / Draft Notification / FSSAI-2017 amending the part of the Food Safety Standards Law (Food Standards and Food Additives) to include:

1. In the article 2.3.47 of fruits and vegetables, the requirements of aflatoxin in "cereal food" shall be eliminated, the quality standards of sorghum, the sensory and quality parameters of pearl rice shall be formulated, the applicable scope of legume standards shall be revised, the applicable varieties and quality items shall be revised;

2. Amendment to quality standards for corn chips, corn flour and corn kernels, flour, soy protein, sago flour, etc .;

3. Revised composition of cocoa powder and sugar mixture, moisture content and other requirements;

4. Revision of the definition of honey, 21 kinds of parameter standards, origin requirements, the definition of beeswax, sensory, 12 quality parameters, the definition of royal jelly, DHA content, 13 kinds of parameters and so on.