Ayurveda Food Regulations for FSSAI | Ayurveda Ahar for BAMS Ayurveda Companies and Doctors
Food Safety and Standards (Ayurveda Aahar) Regulations, 2021, which the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India proposes to make, in exercise of the powers conferred by clause (v) of sub-section (2) of section 92 read with sub-section (1) of section 22 of the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006 (34 of 2006), is hereby published for the information of all persons likely to be affected thereby; and notice is hereby given that the said draft regulations shall be taken into consideration after the expiry of a period of sixty days from the date on which copies of the Gazette of India in which this notification is published are made available to the public;
Ayurveda Aahar means a food prepared in accordance with the recipes or ingredients and/or processes as per methods described in the authoritative books of Ayurveda listed under ‘Schedule A’ of these regulations. It also includes products which have other botanical ingredients in accordance with the concept of Ayurvedic Aahar but does not include Ayurvedic drugs or proprietary Ayurvedic medicines and medicinal products, cosmetics, narcotic or psychotropic substances, herbs listed under Schedule E of Drug and Cosmetic Act, 1940 and Rules 1945 thereunder, metals based Ayurvedic drugs or medicines, bhasma or pishti and any other ingredients notified by the Authority from time to time. Explanatory note 1: Food is defined under Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006 and regulations made thereunder. Recipes and ingredients specified in the Schedule A authoritative books for promoting health and including those foods specified for consumption during or post specified diseases, disorders referred as pathya in #Ayurveda. Explanatory note 2: Adoption of processes for cooking or preparation of Ayurveda #Aahar specified or described in the Schedule A authoritative books for industrial scale manufacture and packing are permitted. Such adoptions shall be aimed to produce Ayurveda Aahar with quality and characteristics closely similar as specified in the books mentioned under Schedule A of these regulations. Explanatory note 3: Any packed food item used in day to day life for dietary purpose such as pulses, rice, flour, vegetable without addition of Ayurveda Aahar ingredient(s) shall not be covered under these regulations. Minimally processed food items involving cleaning, dedusting, polishing, dehusking, grading shall not fall under these regulations.