Standards for frozen foods

FSSAI seems to have issued standards for frozen foods like beans, cauliflower, peas and spinach. What other frozen items need to be included? What about corn, potato items, parathas etc?

Frozen beans
As per the defined standards, frozen beans shall be prepared from fresh, clean, sound, succulent pods of the plants of the species Phaseolus vulgaris L or Phaseolus coccineus L. Beans may contain sugars (sucrose, invert sugar, dextrose, fructose, glucose syrup and dried glucose syrup), salt, spices and herbs.

Frozen cauliflower
Frozen cauliflower shall be prepared from fresh, clean, sound heads of the cauliflower plant of the species Brassica oleracea L var botrytis L. Being uniform white to dark cream colour, which may be slightly dull, they will have a tinge of green, yellow or pink over the flower surface.

Both frozen beans and frozen cauliflower of different styles will accordingly be labelled whole, cut, short cut, sliced or other and whole, split, florets or other (any style that is sufficiently distinctive from the other styles laid down in these standards).

Frozen peas
Frozen peas shall be prepared from fresh, clean, sound, whole, immature seeds of the peas plant of the species Pisum sativum L containing sugars (sucrose, invert sugar, dextrose, fructose, glucose syrup, dried glucose syrup), salt, spices and herbs.

With a uniform green colour according to the type, it shall be free from any foreign taste or smell and shall have a normal flavour, taking into consideration any ingredients added.

Frozen spinach
Frozen spinach shall be prepared from sound edible parts of the spinach plant of the species Spinuciu oleruceu L. Frozen spinach shall be be stored at -18°C or below. The product shall be of a reasonably uniform green colour, characteristic of the variety. Labelled as per styles such as whole, leaf spinach, cut leaf spinach, chopped and pureed spinach. more