Overview:
The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India has specified a comprehensive group standard for millets under Food Safety and Standards (Food Products Standards and Food Additives) Second Amendment
Why in news?
- The Authority has now framed a comprehensive group standard for 15 types of millets specifying eight quality parameters to ensure the availability of good quality millets in domestic and global markets.
- The group standard applies to the millets including Buckwheat (Kuttu), Kodo Millet (Kodo), Little Millet (Kutki), Brown top (Korale) and Job's tears (Adlay).
What are millets?
- Millets are a group of small-grained cereal food crops that are highly tolerant to drought and other extreme weather conditions and require low chemical inputs such as fertilizers and pesticides.
- Most of the millet crops are native to India and provide most of the nutrients required for the normal functioning of the human body.
Key facts Food Safety and Standards Authority of India
- It is a statutory body established under the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006 (FSS Act).
- FSS Act, of 2006 consolidated various acts & orders that had earlier handled food-related issues in various Ministries and Departments.
- Nodal ministry: Ministry of Health & Family Welfare
Q1) What is a statutory body?
A statutory body is an organisation set up by law (statute) that is authorised to implement certain legislation on behalf of the relevant country.
Source : FSSAI specifies comprehensive group standard for millets from September
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