CHENNAI:
The Consumers Association of India (CAI) along with
the Centre for Consumer Education, Research, Teaching, Training and
Testing (CONCERT) has released a study on convenience food.
Director of CAI G Santhanrajan said convenience food comprised heat and eat, ready to eat and ready to cook products.
It provides a vast array of choices like rice preparations, chapattis, desserts and non-vegetarian food. Such food items have to be tested for packaging and labelling, quality along with health and safety.
While the quality parameters included nutritional label claims verification results and chemical characteristics verification, health and safety meant a test for microbiological characteristics, said Santhanrajan
CONCERT secretary general G Rajan said quality and safety of food products was being regulated by Food Safety & Standards Authority of India (FS&SAI). However “at present, standards for ready to eat food products of ‘heat and eat type’ had not been prescribed either by FS&SAI or Bureau of Indian Standards ( BIS).”
It provides a vast array of choices like rice preparations, chapattis, desserts and non-vegetarian food. Such food items have to be tested for packaging and labelling, quality along with health and safety.
While the quality parameters included nutritional label claims verification results and chemical characteristics verification, health and safety meant a test for microbiological characteristics, said Santhanrajan
CONCERT secretary general G Rajan said quality and safety of food products was being regulated by Food Safety & Standards Authority of India (FS&SAI). However “at present, standards for ready to eat food products of ‘heat and eat type’ had not been prescribed either by FS&SAI or Bureau of Indian Standards ( BIS).”
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