The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India previously mandated the declaration of Non-Veg or Veg food, irrespective of the percentage of any ingredient in the food under the Food Safety and Standards (Packaging and Labelling) Regulations, 2011.
Now, the FSSAI has further clarified that all the Food Business Operators will have to declare the Non-Vegetarian logo in case any individual constituent ingredient of the compound ingredient is of non-vegetarian origin, irrespective of the percentage of compound ingredient of such food. The declaration must be made as per Clause 2.2.2 (4) of Food Safety and Standards (Packaging and Labelling) Regulations, 2011 and must not include the specifications in Sub-Clause 2.2.2 (2) (d) which exempts declaration of sub-components of compound ingredients in the list of ingredients which are less than 5%
In view of this, the Commissioners of Food Safety of all States and Union Territories are required to ensure strict compliance by the FBOs with the provisions of the regulations along with the above-mentioned clarification.
Source: Food Safety and Standards Authority of India
