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FSSAI Standards for Hemp Seed Products in India: Apply Online The Food Safety and Standards (Food Products Standards and Food Additives) Fifth Amendment Regulations, 2021, have recently issued a notification prescribing the standards for 'Hemp Seeds and Seed Products,' in which hemp seed, hemp seed oil, and hemp seed flour shall be sold as food or used as an ingredient in a food for sale, subject to conforming to the prescribed standards. The Indian Food Authority defines hemp seed as hulled, non-viable seeds collected from sativa or other indigenous. The Narcotic Medicines and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, 1985, and rules made thereunder apply to the production of species for hemp seeds in India, and hemp seed flour refers to the solid product after the seeds have been ground to a powder with or without oil extraction. The flour made after pressing hemp seeds to extract oil must be clearly labelled as 'De-oiled hemp seed flour.'