Food – O – Copoeia (launched by FSSAI) is a collection of food category-wise monographs, where different vertical and horizontal regulations in FSSR prescribing standards for various food products/ food categories are brought together at one place. It acts as a single point reference for all applicable standards for a specific product category. It specifies the quality and food safety standards (Physico-chemical, Microbiological, Contaminants, Toxins and Residues), labelling and claim requirements, specific packaging requirement, test methods and other regulatory provisions as per FSSRs. FBOs may use it as ready reckoner for product standards. Note: This document is for reference purpose only and cannot be considered as a legal document.
Note: The term Food – O – Copoeia is a take on pharmakopoiia “making of (healing) medicine, drug-making“. The spelling makes it rather difficult to find it and FSSAI would have done well to make it simpler like food-o-copia or any other simpler term.
