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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: Letter Regarding Licensing of Infant Food Other than those Specified in Food Safety and Standards (Food Products Standards and Food Additives) Regulations, 2011 and their compliance The manufacturing and sale of infant formula is a big business. Infant Formula marketing is widespread and uses powerful emotional advertising to sell parents, sometimes a vastly inferior […]

FSSAI Issues Advisory for Strict Compliance of Infant Milk Substitutes, Feeding Bottles and Infant Food as per the IMS Act Rapid lifestyle changes with urbanization and high craze for quality baby food products encourage consumers to opt for baby food substitutes in this era. These days parenting concerns are growing, and panic is increasing for […]

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 […]