Ingredient

means any substance, including a food additive used in the manufacture or preparation of food and present in the final product, possibly in a modified form

Industrial trans fatty acids

means all the geometrical isomers of monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fatty acids having non-conjugated, interrupted by at least one methylene group, carbon-carbon double bonds in the trans configuration. It excludes trans-fatty acids from dairy, meat, fish and their products

Prohibited admixers:

1. milk which contains any added water
2. ghee which contains any added matter not exclusively derived from milk fat
3. skimmed milk (fat abstracted) as milk
4. a mixture of two or more edible oils as an edible oil
5. Vanaspati to which ghee or any other substance has been added
6. Turmeric containing any foreign substance
7. mixture of coffee and any other substance except chicory
8. Dahi or curd not prepared from boiled, pasteurised or sterilized milk
9. Any Multi source edible vegetable oil containing Mustard Oil.

Any admixtures of vegetable oil sold in sealed packages weighing not more than 15 litres under Agmark Certification Mark compulsorily and bearing the label declaration as laid down in the Regulation 2.4.2(11) of Food Safety and Standards (Packaging and Labelling) Regulations, 2011.

Restriction on use of certain ingredient

1. Kesari gram (Lathyrus sativus) and its products
2. Kesari dal (Lathyrus sativus) and its products
3. Kesari dal flour (Lathyrus sativus) and its products
4. A mixture of Kesari gram (Lathyrus sativus) and Bengal-gram (Cicer arietinum) or any other gram
5. A mixture of Kesari dal (Lathyrus sativus) and Bengal-gram dal (Cicer arietinum) or any other dal.
6. A mixture of Kesari dal (Lathyrus sativus) flour and Bengal-gram (Cicer arietinum) flour or any other flour.

Mistakenly occurring Khesari dal in grams /pulses shall be not more than 2% including other edible grains.

Prohibition and Restriction on sale of certain products

1. Prohibition on sale of food articles coated with mineral oil – except permitted in Regulation
2. Not pure honey not be marketed as honey
3. Tobacco and nicotine shall not be used as ingredients in any food products – may be injurious to health.
4. Use of carbide gas (Acetylene gas) in ripening of fruits.
5. [Provided that fruits may be artificially ripened by use of Ethylene gas at a concentration upto 100 ppm (100µl/L) depending upon the crop, variety and maturity.
6. The Fresh Fruits and Vegetables shall be free from rotting and free from coating of waxes (except bees wax or carnauba wax or shellac wax), mineral oil and colours.
7. Sale and use of admixtures of ghee or butter prohibited.
8. The ghee having less Reichert value and a different standard for Butyro refractometer reading at 40°C than that specified for the area in which it is imported for sale or storage shall not be sold or stored in that area except under the ‘AGMARK’ seal.
9. ghee may be sold lose, after opening the ‘AGMARK’ sealed container, in quantities not exceeding two kilograms at a time.
10. Flavoured tea shall be sold or offered for sale only by those manufacturers who are registered with Tea Board. Registration number shall be mentioned on the label.
11. No person shall sell or offer or expose for sale or have in his premises for the purpose of sale, common salt for direct human consumption or for use as an ingredient in a food product unless the same is iodized.
12. Use of flesh of naturally dead animals or fowls prohibited.
13. No person shall store, expose for sale or permit the sale of any insecticide in the same premises where articles of food are stored, manufactured or exposed for sale.
    1. Provided that nothing in this regulation shall apply to the approved household insecticides which have been registered as such under the Insecticides Act 1968 (46 of 1968).
14. Iron fortified common salt shall be sold only in high density polyethylene bag (HDPE) (14 mesh, density 100 kg/m3, unlaminated) package
15. No person shall manufacture, sell, store or exhibit for sale food for infant nutrition except under Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) Certification Mark, wherever BIS standards available.
16. Condensed milk sweetened, condensed skimmed milk sweetened, milk powder, skimmed milk powder, partly skimmed milk powder and partly skimmed sweetened condensed milk shall not be sold except under Indian Standards Institution Certification Mark.
17. package of cheese (hard), surface treated with Natamycin, shall bear the label
18. No person shall sell protein rich atta and protein rich maida except in packed condition mentioning the names of ingredients on the label
19.  No person shall sell sal-seed fat for any other purpose except for bakery and confectionery and it shall be refined and shall bear the label declaration.
20. No person shall sell confectionery weighing more than 500 gms. except in packed condition and confectionery sold in pieces shall be kept in glass or other suitable containers.
21. All edible oils, except coconut oil, olive oil, imported in crude, raw or unrefined form shall be subjected to the process of refining before sale for human consumption.
22. The Blended Edible Vegetable Oils shall not be sold in loose form. It shall be sold in sealed package weighing not more than 15 litres.
23. Coloured and flavoured table margarine shall only be sold in a sealed package weighing not more than 500 gms, with a label declaring addition of colour and flavour as required under these regulations.
24. ) The fat spread shall not be sold in loose form. It shall be sold in sealed packages weighing not more than 500 gms. The word ‘butter’ shall not be associated while labelling the product. The sealed package shall be sold or offered for sale only under AGMARK Certification mark bearing the label declaration
25. No person shall sell compounded asafoetida exceeding one kilogram in weight except in a sealed container with a label.
26.  No person shall sell powdered spices and condiments except ‘under packed conditions.
27. The katha prepared by bhatti method shall be conspicuously marked as “Bhatti Katha”
28. No person shall manufacture, sell or exhibit for sale packaged drinking water except under the Bureau of Indian Standards Certification Mark.
29. No person shall manufacture, sell or exhibit for sale mineral water except under the Bureau of Indian Standards Certification Mark
30. No person shall sell any food product wherein artificial sweetener is permitted under these regulations, except under packed condition and as per the labelling requirements
31. All irradiated food shall be sold in pre-packed conditions only. The type of packaging material used for irradiated food for sale or for stock for sale or for exhibition for sale or for storage for sale shall conform to the packaging and labelling requirements.
32. No vegetable oil shall contain any harmful colouring, flavouring or any other matter deleterious to health;
33. Oil is not packed in a container, marked and labelled in the manner as specified in FSSAI regulations , it is prohibited to sale
34. No colour shall be added to hydrogenated vegetable oil unless so authorized by Food Authority, but in no event any colour resembling the colour of ghee shall be added. If any flavour is used, it shall be distinct from that of ghee, in accordance with a list of permissible flavours and such quantities as may be prescribed by the Food Authority.
35. No anti-oxidant, synergist, emulsifier or any other such substance other than those permitted by these regulations be added to any vegetable oil except with the prior sanction of the Food Authority.
36. No solvent other than n-Hexane (Food Grade) shall be used in the extraction of cocoa butter, oils and fats and edible soya flour.