Dr KK Aggarwal
Vide an order F. No.
12(4)2016/Misc/RCD/FSSAI, dated 22nd July, the Food Safety and
Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has issued an advisory regarding non-food
items that are packed as free toys and gift items with food products stating
that such non-food items if swallowed accidentally by children may endanger
their health and also their life.
The advisory further stated
that “Considering safety of public at large, there is a need to discourage
food businesses from providing any toy or gift items inside food packages,
especially in the case of food which is likely to be ingested directly by an
infant or a small child. Such promotional free toys or gift items may be
provided separately or packed separately… The colour, texture and nature of toy
or gift item should not at all resemble the food product inside food package.”
The Advisory urges
commissioners of food safety of all states to make efforts to create awareness
amongst the stakeholders to discourage such practices of packing toys with food
products.
As per section 3(1) zz(xi) of
the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006, “unsafe food” means an article of
food whose nature, substance or quality is so affected as to render it
injurious to health by virtue of being misbranded or sub-standard or food
containing extraneous matter.
(Source: FSSAI)
Dr KK Aggarwal
Padma Shri Awardee
President Elect Confederation of Medical
Associations in Asia and Oceania
(CMAAO)
Group Editor-in-Chief IJCP Publications
President Heart Care Foundation of
India
Past National President
IMA
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