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Food Groups and Selection of Food Items

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Other than fssai, mention the standard marks you should check while buying a bag of wheat flour and a bottle of mango pickle.

Solution

i. Wheat flour – Ag mark
ii. Mango pickle – FPO

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What could be two conditions under which the Food Safety and Standard Authority of India FSSAI has declared the jaggery as adulterated. ? List two health hazards of consuming such jaggery.

Solution

As per the Food Safety and Standard Regulations (fassi), 2011 a maximum of 70 ppm sulphur dioxide is allowed in the preparation of jaggery.
Prepared under unhygienic conditions.
Made from insect infested /rotten sugarcane.

Health Hazards:

Vomiting
Diarrhoea

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Other than FSSAI, which Standard mark should you check while buying soyabean oil and milk powder?

Solution

i. Soyabean oil- Ag mark
ii. Milk powder-ISI (Indian Standards Institute)

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