Lok Sabha Question No. 3137 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-12-06
Subject: FSSAI Licence to Salt Manufacturing Companies
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Anantkumar  Hegde

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3137 TO BE ANSWERED ON 6 TH DECEMBER, 2019

## FSSAI LICENCE TO SAL T MANUFACTURING COMPANIES

## 3137. SHRI ANANTKUMAR HEGDE:

Will the Minister of HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the salt manufacturing companies in the country are bound to have FSSAI licence and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) the list of companies manufacturing salt and their FSSAI l icence status;
- (c)  whether  the  Government  has  laid down  any  rules  or  regulations  for  the permissible quantity of Iodine and other chemical substance to be added in the manufactured Salt, if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) whether the Government is carrying out/has carried out any research on adverse effect of consumption of excessive Iodine and the chemicals present in manufactured Salt and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

## (SHRI ASHWINI KUMAR CHOUBEY)

- (a) & (b): Yes.  Section  31  of  Food  Safety  and  Standards  Act,  2006  provides  that  n person shall commence or carry on any food business except under a licence. This cover manufacturers also. Details of Salt manufacturing units w ith active Central and State licenses are at Annexure.
- (c):  Food  Safety  and  Standards  Authority  of  India  (FSSAI)  has  notified  Food  Safety Standards (Fortification of Foods) Regulations, 2018. These Regulations specify, inte - alia, standards for iodized salt and double fortified salt (with Iodine and Iron), which pro minimum as well as maximum limits of iodine/iron content to be added in the salt. Bes standards of edible common salt have also been specified in Food Safety and Standards ( Food Products  standards  and  Food  Additives)  Regulations,  2011,  which,  inter - alia,    sp cify  the quality parameters as well as food additives which are permitted for use in salt.
- (d): Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has informed that they have not carried out any study on adverse effect of consumption of excessive Iodine and the chemicals presen manufactured Salt.

## Active Central & State Licenses -Salt Manufacturing Units

| State_Name       |   Central License |   State License | Total   |
|------------------|-------------------|-----------------|---------|
| Andhra Pradesh   |                 1 |               7 | 8       |
| Assam            |                 2 |               3 | 5       |
| Bihar            |                 1 |               4 | 5       |
| Chandigarh       |                 0 |               1 | 1       |
| Chhattisgarh     |                 0 |               4 | 4       |
| Delhi            |                17 |              59 | 76      |
| Goa              |                 0 |               1 | 1       |
| Gujarat          |               122 |              43 | 165     |
| Haryana          |                20 |              23 | 43      |
| Himachal Pradesh |                 0 |               4 | 4       |
| Jammu & Kashmir  |                 3 |              11 | 14      |
| Jharkhand        |                 2 |               0 | 2       |
| Karnataka        |                 6 |              53 | 59      |
| Kerala           |                 3 |              23 | 26      |
| Madhya Pradesh   |                 8 |              39 | 47      |
| Maharashtra      |                35 |              65 | 100     |
| Manipur          |                 0 |               1 | 1       |
| Orissa           |                 4 |               3 | 7       |
| Puducherry       |                 0 |               1 | 1       |
| Punjab           |                 8 |              30 | 38      |
| Rajasthan        |                69 |              65 | 134     |
| Tamil Nadu       |                39 |             171 | 210     |
| Telangana        |                 3 |               9 | 12      |
| Tripura          |                 3 |               0 | 3       |
| Uttar Pradesh    |                31 |              40 | 71      |
| Uttarakhand      |                 5 |               4 | 9       |
| West Bengal      |                 3 |              18 | 21      |
| Total            |               385 |             682 | 1,067   |

## ANNEXURE