FSSAI Regulations for Gluten free products
21st August 2020- Notification issued by FSSAI, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare
Highlights of the Notification
1) Food Service Establishments shall also mention the information specified below against the food items displayed on the menu cards or boards or booklets namely:- (a) information relating to allergens, if food consists of or are made of the following: (i) Cereals containing gluten; i.e., wheat, rye, barley, oats, spelt or their hybridized strains and products of these; (ii) Crustacean and their products; (iii) Milk and milk products; (iv) Eggs and egg products; (v) Fish and fish products; (vi) Groundnut tree nuts and their products; (vii) Soybeans and their products; (viii) Sulphite in concentrations of 10mg/kg or more.
2) Logo's for vegetarian or non-vegetarian
3rd May 2016- Notification issued by FSSAI, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare
Highlights of the Notification
1) A food which, by its nature, is suitable for use as part of a gluten free diet shall not be named as ‘special dietary’, “special dietetic” or any other equivalent term, however, such food may bear a statement on the label that ‘this food is by its nature gluten-free’.
For the purpose of labelling of a product as gluten free, when such a product is analysed, the gluten levels shall be below 20 mg/kg
June 25, 2019, FSSAI Draft Notification (Labelling & Display)
The term "Gluten Free" shall be printed in the immediate proximity of the name of the product in the case of products described in regulation 2.14 of the Food Safety and Standards (Food Products Standards and Food Additives) Regulations, 2011
In case any gluten free product is manufactured in a plant where gluten containing products are also manufactured this shall be declared on the label as “Processed in a plant where gluten containing products are manufactured”