New Standards
for Virgin Coconut Oil and Peanut Butter
·
Linseed
Oil renamed as Flaxseed/Linseed Oil
·
Acid
Value in Palm Oil replaced with FFA Value – Content Fixed at 10% max
[Press Note dated 20.10.2017]
Standards relating to Oils and Fats
Food
Safety and Standards Authority of India has notified Food Safety and Standards
(Food Product Standards and Food Additives) Fourteenth Amendment Regulation,
2017 in the official gazette of India w.r.t oils and fats.
In
these regulations, new standards for Virgin Coconut Oil and Peanut Butter have
been included and renaming of Linseed Oil as Flaxseed/Linseed Oil has been done
to remove the confusion created amongst the consumers due to name.
Furthermore,
the parameter ‘Acid Value’ in standards of Palm oil and Palm kernel oil has
been changed to Free Fatty acid value (%) (expressed as Palmitic Acid) and
(expressed as Lauric Acid) respectively and the
limits of the same (free fatty acid) have been revised to not more than 10.0 so
as to reflect the naturally occurring changes in the product during the period
from harvest to its reception at oil mill.
These regulations have been
finalised after consideration of the comments
received from the stakeholders in this respect and shall immediately come in to
force on the date of notification in the Official gazette of India.