(1) Every manufacturer and packer of fortified food shall give an undertaking on quality assurance and submit evidence of steps taken in this regard to the Food Authority or such other authority which the Food Authority may designate.
(2) The undertaking shall be given twice a year and shall include, the following, namely:-
(a) certification by a food laboratory notified by the Food Authority that the fortified food is in compliance with the provisions of the Act and regulations and standards specified therein;
(b) up-to-date record keeping and continuous inventory of fortificants used in the manufacturing or packing process, including the source of its procurement;
(c) appropriate monitoring procedures at different stages of manufacturing or packing process;
(d) random testing of fortificants and fortified food;
(e) regular audit of technical equipment and processes;
(f) such good manufacturing practices, as may be specified by the Food Authority from time to time.
(g) provisions for the reference of the purity criteria of micronutrients, generally accepted by pharmacopoeias, namely, Indian Pharmacopoeia, British Pharmacopoeia, Food Chemical Codex, Joint Food and Agriculture Organization or World Health Organisation Expert Committee on Food Additives or CODEX Alimentarius may be adopted by food Business operators.