law: The Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006 
  22. Genetically
  
  modified foods, organic foods, functional foods, proprietary foods, etc. - 
  Save as otherwise
  
  provided under this Act and regulations made there under, no person shall
  
  manufacture, distribute, sell or import any novel food, genetically modified
  
  articles of food, irradiated food, organic foods, foods for special dietary
  
  uses, functional foods, neutraceuticals, health supplements, proprietary foods
  
  and such other articles of food which the Central Government may notify in this
  
  behalf. Explanation.-For the purposes of this section,-
  1.     
  
    "foods
  
  for special dietary uses or functional foods or nutraceuticals or health
  
  supplements" means:(a) foods which are specially processed or formulated
  
  to satisfy particular dietary requirements which exist because of a particular
  
  physical or physiological condition or specific diseases and disorders and which
  
  are presented as such, wherein the composition of these foodstuffs must differ
  
  significantly from the composition of ordinary foods of comparable nature, if
  
  such ordinary foods exist, and may contain one or more of the following
  
  ingredients, namely:-
  a.      plants or botanicals
  
  or their parts in the form of powder, concentrate or extract in water, ethyl
  
  alcohol or hydro alcoholic extract, single or in combination;
  b.     minerals or vitamins
  
  or proteins or metals or their compounds or amino acids (in amounts not exceeding
  
  the Recommended Daily Allowance for Indians) or enzymes (within permissible
  
  limits);
  c.      substances from
  
  animal origin;
  d.     a dietary substance
  
  for use by human beings to supplement the diet by increasing the total dietary
  
  intake; (b)
                       
  
   i.        
  
    a
  
  product that is labelled as a "Food for special dietary uses or functional
  
  foods or nutraceuticals or health supplements or similar such foods" which
  
  is not represented for use as a conventional food and whereby such products may
  
  be formulated in the form of powders, granules, tablets, capsules, liquids,
  
  jelly and other dosage forms but not parenterals, and are meant for oral
  
  administration;
                      
  
   ii.        
  
    such
  
  product does not include a drug as defined in clause (b) and ayurvedic, sidha
  
  and unani drugs as defined in clauses (a) and (h) of section 3 of the Drugs and
  
  Cosmetics Act, 1940 and rules made thereunder;
                     
  
   iii.        
  
    does
  
  not claim to cure or mitigate any specific disease, disorder or condition
  
  (except for certain health benefit or such promotion claims) as may be
  
  permitted by the regulations made under this Act;
                     
  
   iv.        
  
    does
  
  not include a narcotic drug or a psychotropic substance as defined in the
  
  Schedule of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 and rules
  
  made there under and substances listed in Schedules E and EI of the Drugs and
  
  Cosmetics Rules, 1945;
  1.     
  
  
  2.     
  
    "genetically
  
  engineered or modified food" means food and food ingredients composed of
  
  or containing genetically modified or engineered organisms obtained through
  
  modern biotechnology, or food and food ingredients produced from but not
  
  containing genetically modified or engineered organisms obtained through modern
  
  biotechnology;
  3.     
  
    "organic
  
  food" means food products that have been produced in accordance with
  
  specified organic production standards;
  4.     
  
    "proprietary
  
  and novel food" means an article of food for which standards have not been
  
  specified but is not unsafe: Provided that such food does not contain any of
  
  the foods and ingredients prohibited under this Act and the regulations made
  
  thereunder.