FOOD SAFETY By Green Queen
India To Introduce Its First Vegan Food Safety and Labelling Standards India is set to introduce the country’s first vegan food safety standards and labelling regulations. Having formulated its draft report, the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) will issue guidelines to define plant-based food products and help consumers identify the products. The FSSAI has debuted its draft for the Food Safety and Standards (Vegan Food) Regulations 2021, representing India’s first food safety standards dedicated to plantbased products. In addition to defining what constitutes vegan food, the guidelines will also introduce a new vegan food logo to help consumers identify such products. Vegan food safety and labelling According to the draft, vegan food will be defined as: “Foods or food ingredients that have not made use of 6
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