Consumer Products

The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has issued a draft to re-operationalize the Food Safety and Standards (Licensing and Registration of Food Business) Amendment Regulations 2020 with immediate effect from 27th March 2021. However, the draft of this regulation was notified in November last year, and FSSAI invited comments from the stakeholders.
There is time to finalize these regulations, it has been decided by the Food Authority to re-operationalise FSS (Licensing and Registration) Amendment Regulations 2020 from March 27th, 2021. The regulation is related to testing, inspection, and appointment of food safety supervisors for food businesses.

FBOs will be required to upload test reports showing levels of fortificants in fortified food products from an FSSAI notified / NABL accredited Lab against each product for +F endorsement to substantiate the claims made for fortification. The grant of +F endorsement certificate by the concerned designated officers or registration authorities shall be based on the application submitted by the FBOs.

To revamp the functioning and jurisdiction of FSSAI, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on September 23, 2020, has framed a Food Safety and Standards (Amendment) Bill, 2020. The bill introduces 70 amendments in the present FSSAI act, 2006. It intends to revamp the functioning and jurisdiction of the FSSAI.

Junk food availability in school premises is a prominent issue for schools in India contributing to the childhood epidemic of obesity. The prevalence of obesity among 5 to 19-year-old Indian children is 3.6 and 11.7%.

FSSAI Releases Standardized List Of Documents For Licensing And Registrations FBOs across the country have been appealing to the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) regarding their hurdles in getting an FSSAI license. Sometimes, FBOs are asked to submit irrelevant documents to get an FSSAI license like an in-house laboratory in the food […]

FSSAI re-operationalises the Food Safety & Standards Amendment Regulations 2020 Since the comprehensive final Regulations will take some more time before being notified and enforced, the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has issued a notification regarding re-operationalisation of the Food Safety and Standards (Food Product Standards and Additives) Amendment Regulations, 2020. In […]