(1) These regulations may be called the Food Safety and Standards (Fortification of Foods) Regulations, 2018.
(2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette and Food Business Operator shall comply with all the provisions of these regulations by 1st January, 2019.
(3) The provisions of these regulations shall supersede standards on fortification of food set out in any regulations, orders, or guidelines issued under the Act thereunder save as regards regulations on nutraceuticals and foods for Special Dietary Uses.
2. Definitions. – (1) In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires: -
(a) “Act” means the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006 (34 of 2006);
(b)“fortification” means deliberately increasing the content of essential micronutrients in a food so as to improve the nutritional quality of food and to provide public health benefit with minimal risk to health;
(c) “fortificant” means a substance added to food to provide micronutrients but does not include nutraceuticals or foods for Special Dietary Uses;
(d) “fortified food” means a food, as specified under the Food Safety and Standards (Food Products Standards and Food Additives) Regulations, 2011, that has undergone the process of fortification as per the provisions of these regulations;
(e) “Government-funded programme” means any programme, policy, scheme or other provision under which food is sold, distributed or otherwise made available to the public by the Central or State Governments;
(f) “micronutrients” means essential dietary nutrients including vitamins, minerals or trace elements that are required in very small quantities and are vital to development, disease prevention and wellbeing of human beings;
(g) “quality assurance” means the systematic measures applied and steps taken by manufacturers and packers of fortified food throughout the manufacturing or packing process to ensure that the finished food complies with the provisions of the Act and regulations and standards specified thereunder;
(h) “staple foods” means articles of food intended for mass consumption on a daily basis and include rice, wheat, wheat flour, atta, maida, oil, salt, milk, and such other articles of food as may be designated staple foods under these regulations;
(2) All other words and expressions used and, not defined in these regulations shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Act, rules or regulations made thereunder.
PART 2: STANDARDS ON FORTIFICATION