What does “Blue” dot mark (on food products) stand for?
As per Food Safety & Standards (Packaging & Labelling) Regulations, 2011; Green & Brown symbols need to be printed on the labels of Veg & Non-Veg Food articles respectively. The blue symbol has not been discussed and it does not hold any relevance to the labels of the food products.
Is there any clarification on skimmed milk powder treated as proprietary food as per FSSAI?
It is a Standardized food and not a proprietary food. Please see: Regulation 2.1.2 (1) (c) under FSS (Food Products Standards and Food Additives) Regulations, 2011. As per Regulation 2.12 of the said regulations, the proprietary food is defined as; “Proprietary food means an article of food that has not been standardised under these regulations, but does not include novel foods, foods for special dietary uses, foods for special medical purposes, functional foods, nutraceuticals, health supplements and such other food articles which the Central Government may notify in this behalf.”
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