- To facilitate ease of doing business through the concept of ‘One Nation, One Commodity, One Regulator’, FSSAI approved following amendments:
- Making only FSSAI certification mandatory for food products.
- Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) or AGMARK certification will not be required for food products.
- Presently, BIS certification is mandatory for some food products e.g. infant formula, packaged drinking water, milk powder etc.
- AGMARK is mandatory for some products e.g. blended edible vegetable oils and fat spreads.
- FSSAI also approved a first comprehensive manual of methods of analysis for ensuring regulatory compliance of food products.
- Other approvals include standards of Alcoholic Ready-to-drink beverages and revision of standards of milk fat products.
- Food safety and standards regulations in India
- Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006: Overarching regulation on food safety establishing FSSAI as the primary food safety authority.
- Food Safety and Standards Regulations, 2011: Contains labeling requirements and standards for packaged food, permitted food additives, microbiological requirements etc.
- Various FSSAI Food Safety Standards: Developed by Scientific Committee and Scientific Panels, the principal arms of FSSAI in standard development process.
Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI)
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