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FSSAI directs officers to keep Vit D2 sample volume at 50 gm in two parts
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Friday, 03 January, 2025, 08 : 00 AM [IST]
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Ashwani Maindola, New Delhi
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The apex food regulator has issued a clarification with respect to the sample quantity of imported Vitamin D2 and directed the Authorised Officers to keep the sample volume at 50 gm in two parts.
"Authorised Officers are directed to ensure that representative sample of at least 50 gm i.e. two samples of 25 gm each to be drawn from the imported consignment in case of Vitamin D2," reads the order issued by the FSSAI.
And if the sample is found safe, the remaining sample shall be returned to the importer.
Further, regulation 9(9) of the Food Safety and Standards (Import) Regulation, 2017, lays down that 'on the sample being found to be safe, the remaining sample shall be returned to the food importer'.
Accordingly, the order specifies that the second portion of the sample shall be duly returned to the food importer.
Meanwhile, the matter was related to a petition submitted to the FSSAI by importers seeking review of the quantity of sample collected during inspection.
As per list of article of food and sample quantity specified in Food Safety and Standards (Laboratory and Sample Analysis) Regulations, 2011, Vitamin D2 falls under "food not specífied" for which the sample quantity is mentioned as 500 gm.
And, importers urged FSSAI to draw small quantity of Vitamin D2 for sampling as that being an expensive ingredient.
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