Through its directions dated 29 January, 2021 the FSSAI has once again re-operationalised the Food Safety and Standards (Food Products Standards and Food Additives) Amendment Regulations, 2020 with respect to the requirements for animal feed.
The FSSAI had drafted the Food Safety and Standards (Food Products Standards and Food Additives) Amendment Regulations, 2020 related to the revision of “note” under the regulation 2.5.2 of the Food Safety and Standards Food Products Standards and Food Additives) Regulations 2011 (given below) and the same were operationalised on 27 January 2020 and subsequently re-operationalised with effect from 28 July 2020.
The draft regulations were notified on 26 October 2020, inviting comments from the stakeholders and are in the process of finalisation, which is likely to take some time. Meanwhile, for the alignment of FSSAI requirements with respect to animal feed with those specified in BIS and DAHD and to address the safety issue identified in the recent quality and safety survey of commodities like milk etc, it has been decided to re-operationalise these regulations with effect from 28 January 2021.
The draft amendments were as follows
In the Food Safety and Standards (Food Products Standards and Food Additives) Regulations 2011, the FSSAI had made amendments to the Note given under sub-regulation 2.5.2 related to Meat and Meat Products.
The sentence “All the products listed in regulation 2.5.2 under clause 7, 8. 9. 10. 11. 12 shall comply with the following requirements:” was substituted with the following sentence.
All the products listed in regulation 2.5.2 shall comply with the following requirements
The following under Note (c) was substituted from
(c) Meat producing animals except poultry shall not be fed with feed containing meat or bone meal including internal organs, blood meal and tissues of bovine or porcine origin materials except milk and milk products
substituted to the following
(c) Milk and meat producing animals except poultry, pig and fish shall not be fed with feed containing meat or bone meal including internal organs, blood meal and tissues of bovine or porcine origin materials except milk and mills products. Commercial feeds shall comply with the relevant BIS standards, as may be specified by the Food Authority from time to time, and carry BIS certification mark on the label of the product.”
Soure : FSSAI
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