With reference to pre-packaged items in India, it is mandatory to the manufacturer to put which of the following information on the main label, as per the Food Safety and Standards (Packaging and Labelling) Regulations, 2011?
- 1.List of ingredients including additives
- 2.Nutrition information
- 3.Recommendations, if any, made by the medical profession about the possibility of any allergic reactions
- 4.Vegetarian/non-vegetarian
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Answer: C. Under the FSS (Packaging and Labelling) Regulations, 2011, a pre-packed food label must show the list of ingredients including additives, nutrition information and the veg/non-veg symbol. Allergy advice from the medical profession was not a mandatory item then. So 1, 2 and 4.
Watch for: Allergy warnings are common on imported packs, so students assume they were mandatory in India.
Why the other options are wrong
- A. Wrong because allergy advice was not mandatory, while the veg/non-veg mark is.
- B. Wrong because the ingredients list is mandatory and allergy advice is not.
- D. Wrong because nutrition information is also mandatory.
Source to check: Food Safety and Standards (Packaging and Labelling) Regulations, 2011, Regulation 2.2.2 (fssai.gov.in)
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