Through a notification dated 13 January 2017 the FSSAI has operationalized the Food Safety and Standards (Food Import) Regulations 2017. The draft notification had been notified in the Official Gazette in October 2016, and is now in the process of final notification. The following are important highlights of the Food Import Regulation. Chapter 1 defines […]
Archives for January 2017
FSSAI drafts guidelines for operations of Direct Selling FBOs
The FSSAI notification dated 16 January 2017 outlines the draft guidelines for operations of direct selling FBOs. The Food Authority has taken the decision to issue these draft guidelines in the 22nd Meeting of the Food Authority which took place on 20 December 2016. The FSSAI has also asked for comments and suggestions on these […]
FSSAI issues order related to molasses in Sugar Industry
Through an order dated 13 January 2017 the FSSAI has asked FBOs in the sugar industry to add ‘storage’ under the kind of business they do in their existing FSSAI License. This is required if they store and sell molasses, the by-product of sugar manufacturing. The FSSAI has asked FBOs manufacturing sugar to include ‘storage’ […]