Draft notification of Vegan Foods for inviting comments by FSSAI
Draft Regulations Short Title and Commencement – (1) These regulations may be called the Food Safety and Standards (Vegan Foods) Regulations, 2021. Definitions- (1) In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires: (a) ―Vegan Food means those foods or food ingredients that have not made use of any ingredients, additives and processing aids of animal…
E-commerce sites to delist plant-based products with dairy terms-FSSAI
FSSAI is in receipt of a complaint dated 01.03.2021 from National Cooperative Dairy Federation of India (NCDFI) vide which specific instances of alleged violations of the use of dairy terminology for non-dairy or plant based products as mentioned in the complaint, have been brought to the notice of this office. In this regard, it may…
Milk Olympics : Difference between Black gold and Desi silver reduces
Is Authenticity of Milk a bigger challenge than Safety of Milk ? In a recently revised standard for Buffalo milk by FSSAI, the fat standard is reduced from 6% to 5%. Buffalo–milk is nearly–2–times richer in fat and about 30% higher in milk–solids-not -fat (mSNF) contents–than–cow–milk . One litre of buffalo milk can be equated with…
Buffalo milk standards revised to 5% fat and 9% SNF by FSSAI
In the Food Safety and Standards (Food Products Standards and Food Additives) Regulations, 2011 (1) in regulation 2.1, relating to ‗Standard for Milk the standards for buffalo milk have been revised to 5% fat and 9 % SNF. Earlier these standards were having 6% fat and 9 % SNF. Normally raw milk in India is…
Right to use the dairy terms may not be significant to the Vegan industry
The Indian Dairy Industry is not the first, and this is not the first time that there has been a call for a ban on using Dairy terms (milk, cheese, yogurt etc.) for Vegan alternatives derived from oats, almonds, soya, coconut etc. This debate, and the move towards restrictions to the Vegan substitutes industry has…
Cows pass on Hypoglycin A toxin found in Lychee and maple tree to milk
Cows can pass on the hypoglycin A toxin through their milk. As per a study by the Martin-Luther-University-Halle-Wittenberg (MLU) and the Leibniz Institute of Plant Biochemistry (IPB) in Toxins shows this. The substance can cause severe symptoms in humans and animals. Small amounts of the toxin were detected in the rawmilk of cows that grazed in a…
Justice delayed is justice denied; Why delay the law to protect milk label ?
Milk is the first food for life. The integrity of milk labels is under threat today. This *protection of the integrity of milk and dairy is vital* . In a changing business environment the production and placement on the market of imitations can pose potential health risks for consumers. There has been quite some delay…
Amul is cleared of blames by ASCI over its stand on integrity of milk label
Amul’s stand on ‘milk’ has been vindicated. The Advertising Standards Council of India (ASCI) has dismissed three complaints filed by animal rights organizations . Namely Beauty Without Cruelty (BWC), People for Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) and Sharan India . They had complained against homegrown dairy giant’s ‘Myths vs Facts’ advt . This advt according…
Carbon free Enviro labelling : Are we prepared for emerging consumer trends?
I hope all of you are safe and fine with your near and dear ones. The dairy scenario in India is following the doctrine of mirror neurons. History is repeating itself and farmgate milk prices have already plummeted in double digits. The milk supply chain has yet not been impacted like last year . But…
DBT-NIAB developed instant testing kit for testing Oxytetracycline in milk
A team of researchers at the Department of Biotechnology’s Hyderabad-based National Institute of Animal Biotechnology (DBT-NIAB) has developed a new technique to detect the presence of an antibiotic called Oxytetracycline (OTC) in milk samples. A team of researchers at the Department of Biotechnology’s Hyderabad-based National Institute of Animal Biotechnology (DBT-NIAB) has developed a new technique to…