“FSSAI REVISES ITS NOTIFICATION ISSUED TO THE FOOD BUSINESS OPERATORS IN KARNATAKA AND TAMIL NADU WHICH DIRECTED THEM TO USE TERM DAHI WITH PREVALENT REGIONAL NAMES IN BRACKETS ON THE LABEL”
Recently this year the Food safety regulator (FSSAI) in its directive issued to milk cooperatives and private dairy located in Karnataka and Tamil Nadu, had asked them to use the term ‘Dahi’ with prevalent regional names in brackets.
It was directed to use regional nomenclature used in different states for ‘Dahi’ while labelling the product, like Dahi (curd), Dahi (mosaru), Dahi (zaamutdaud), Dahi (thayir), Dahi (perugu).
The issue had taken a political color in as much as the move was treated as an insistence of Hindi Imposition directing to label curd packet in Hindi.
Upon various representations received by FSSAI in the region on the omission of the term ‘Curd’ from the Standards of Fermented Milk Products and only the word ‘Dahi’ was mentioned, FSSAI decided that the food business operators may use the term Curd along with any other designation (prevalent regional common name) in brackets on the label.
As per the revised notification, the food business operators are now allowed to use the term ‘Curd’ along with any other prevalent regional common name in brackets on the label. For example, ‘Curd (Dahi)’ in Hindi or ‘Curd (mosaru) in Kannada, ‘Curd (thayir)’ in Tamil, ‘Curd (perugu)’ in Telugu, ‘Curd (zaamutdaud)’ can be used.
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