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and frozen products have been juices that are subjected to than pasteurisation at less
specified. Food Business pasteurisation to destroy and than 100 Degree C) category
O p e r a t o r s ( F B O s ) a r e inactivate harmful micro- include, fruits and vegetables
organisms. and their products which are
t instructed to comply with all the Meanwhile, any beverage or processed by heat in an
provisions of these regulations
drink which is prepared from appropriate manner before or
h Definitions of Fruits and fruit, juice and water or after being sealed in a
from 1 Jan 2019.
container so as to prevent
Vegetables and their Products c a r b o n a t e d w a t e r a n d spoilage.
containing sugar, dextrose,
g are provided. 'Fresh ' fruits are invert sugar or liquid glucose Retort processed items are
defined as the whole fruits and either in single or in fruits and vegetables
i vegetables that are sold fresh. combination which may including their products which
'Cut or minimally processed contain peel oil and fruit are canned or flexible
s and packaged juices ' are the essences is categorised under packaged, or processed by
fruits and vegetables which are the definition of 'Carbonated retorting.
n washed or sanitised or peeled fruit beverages (and fruit As per the notification, the
or cut up and made in to juice
drinks)'.
category 'Fresh' shall be
and packed. Under the 'Frozen ' definition, regulated in accordance with
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'Fermented or pickled or fruits and vegetables and their the Good Manufacturing
s acidified or with preservatives ' products which are subjected Practices and Good Hygiene
are the fruits and vegetables
to a freezing process and
Practices specified under
including their products which
Schedule 4 of FSS (Licensing
maintained at temperature of
s are preserved using living 18 degree Celsius are and Registration of Food
ferments like yeast, bacterium,
included.
Businesses), Regulations,
mould, enzyme, or in brine to 'Dehydrated or dried category ' 2011. Carbonated fruit
e produce lactic acid or includes, fruits and vegetables beverages and pasteurised
marinating and storing it in an
fruit juices may be excluded
and their products which are
n acid solution, usually vinegar preserved by removing most of from testing for Listeria,
(acetic acid), salt and sugar
where the potential of
their water content following an
and edible vegetable oil. appropriate dehydrating hydrogen should be less than
i 'Pasteurised juices' are process. 4.4.
s defined as, fresh and vegetable 'Thermally processed ' (other
u Tata Group's IHCL acquires

B The Connaught in NDMC auction

a Tata Group hospitality arm Indian Hotels
Company Ltd (IHCL) has emerged the
successful bidder with an offer of around
i Rs1,866 crore annual licence fee for The

d Connaught, a premium hotel in Lutyen's
Delhi, in an e-auction conducted by the
n New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) on
Wednesday.
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“The successful bidder is the Taj group,
which will pay 31.80 percent of the gross
turnover, or Rs5,868 crore, per annum, whichever is higher. This current auction has
yielded more than double revenue that the NDMC was getting from this hotel,” a senior