The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has taken a significant step towards curbing plastic pollution by notifying the Plastic Waste Management Amendment Rules, 2021. These rules impose a ban on the manufacturing, importing, stocking, distribution, sale, and use of various single-use plastic items. Effective from 1st July, 2022, the ban aims to reduce […]
FSSAI’s Drive to Ensure BIS License for PDW and MW Manufacturers
The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India(FSSAI) has received several complaints that a number of manufacturers of packaged drinking water (PDW) and Mineral water (MW) are manufacturing the products on FSSAI State/Central Licenses without having the BIS Certification which is mandatory for the sale of such products in the country. FSSAI has drawn reference […]
FSSAI Issues Order Regarding Appeal Procedure for Claims Approval
FSSAI has issued an order dated 27 August, 2021 regarding the appeal procedure related to approval of claims that have been rejected. The FSSAI has drawn reference to its earlier notice dated 4 September, 2019 (given below) concerning the Claims Approval procedure under the Food Safety and Standards (Advertising and Claims) Regulation 2018. In continuation, […]