The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has directed all states and Union territories (UTs) to step up surveillance on dairy analogs throughout March, given the festive season. This is in continuation with the ongoing product-specific monthly surveillance drives of FSSAI to tackle food adulteration and ensure compliance with food safety regulations.
Dairy analogs are products that imitate milk or dairy products but are made from non-milk sources such as almonds, soy, or oats. FSSAI aims to prevent food adulteration and mislabelling during the period of increased demand.
“Keeping in view the increased consumption of dairy products during the festive season, the ongoing surveillance will remain focused on Dairy Analog this month,” FSSAI said.
Dairy analogs are not considered milk, milk products, or composite milk products. When standardized milk products are compositionally altered by replacing milk constituents such as milk fat or milk protein with vegetable oil, palm oil, fat, or protein, the resulting product is classified as an analog.
“Given the ongoing concerns about the standards and labeling of Dairy Analog products, as well as their misrepresentation as dairy products, FSSAI has directed all state authorities to conduct rigorous testing and label examinations to ensure compliance with regulations and prevent consumer deception,” FSSAI said.
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