Food Safety and Standards Authority of India(FSSAI)published the draft of Food Safety and Standards (Approval for Non-Specified Food and Food Ingredients) Amendment Regulations, 2021. It was per the requirement under sub-section (1) of section 92 of the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006 (34 of 2006) vide notification of the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India, F. No. Std/EC/T(NSF-01), dated the 22nd September, 2021, in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part III, Section 4.
The apex body of Food Safety also invited objections and suggestions from all persons likely to be affected thereby, before the expiry of the period of sixty days from the date on which the copies of the Official Gazette containing the said notification were made available to the public. Notably, the copies of the Gazette were made available to the public on the 24th September, 2021.
Consequently, the objections and suggestions received from the public in respect of the above mentioned draft regulations have been considered by FSSAI.
Significantly, in exercise of the powers conferred by clause (v) of sub-section (2) of section 92 of the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006 (34 of 2006), the FSSAI made the following regulations to amend the Food Safety and Standards (Approval for Non-Specified Food and Food Ingredients) Regulations, 2017.
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