A draft has been issued by the FSSAI on the ‘Revised Manual of Methods of Analysis of Foods, for Dairy and Dairy Products’. Stakeholders can comment on the same by October 26.
127 analysis methods have been included in the draft for liquid milk, cream, dahi & yogurt, cheese & cheese products, channa/paneer, ice cream & related products, condensed/evaporated milk, dried milk products, khoa, butter, milk fat products, chakka & shrikhand, whey powder, edible casein products, colostrum and, others including determination of melamine and cyanuric acid in milk and milk products, preparation of a standard solution of sodium hydroxide, hydrochloric acid and silver nitrate.
As per the FSSAI, the test methods given in the manual were standardized, approved and taken from public or global techniques or recognized specifications. Anyway, it would be the responsibility of the particular testing research center or the laboratory to check the performance of these methods on-site and guarantee that it gives appropriate results prior to placing these techniques into utilization.
A senior official with the FSSAI stated, the ‘Revised Manual of Methods of Analysis’ of Foods – Dairy and Dairy Products’ has been approved by the Scientific Panel on Methods of Sampling & Analysis in its 34th meeting held in July this year.
“Before the manual was finalized, the comments, views, suggestions of the stakeholders were invited,” read the FSSAI statement adding that only such of the comments, suggestions would be taken into consideration as were furnished with supporting scientific evidence.