Nepal’s quality watchdog has prepared a draft of compulsory quality standards for 12 types of legumes and milk products as per the Food Act, and put them to a discussion by experts.

The 12 items are whole bean/split bean lentil, while faba bean (bakula)/split faba bean lentil, whole cowpea/split cowpea lentil, whole faba (rajma) bean/split faba bean lentil, whole pea, split pea lentil, horse gram lentil, rice bean lentil, ice-cream, frozen dessert, khuwa/kurauni, chhurpi and dairy whitener.

Mohan Krishna Maharjan, spokesperson for the Department of Food Technology and Quality Control, said the draft was prepared during a review of the first four months, and have been discussed by a technical sub-committee.

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