Salt under FSSAI

Regulation 2.9.30 (1) (2) (3) of Food Safety and Standards (Food Product Standards and Food Additives) Regulation, 2011 prescribes the standards for edible common salt including iodized salt, iron fortified common salt and iron fortified iodized salt (double fortified salt).

Regulation 2.3.12 of Food Safety and Standards (Prohibition and Restriction on Sales) Regulation, 2011 restricts the sale of common salt for direct human consumption unless the same is iodized.