FSSAI Notifies New Food Safety Officers

The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) issued a notification on 4 November 2025, under Section 10(5) read with Section 37 of the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006, appointing additional Food Safety Officers (FSOs) for fortified rice. The notification, bearing No. IEC-34011/1/2021-IEC-FSSAI-Part(8), amends the principal notification published in the Gazette of India on 2 July 2025. It expands the list of FSOs by adding entries from serial numbers 87 to 266. The newly designated officers include Ms. Angeline Ekka, Shri Mukut Bihari Meena, Shri Sanjay Kumar, Shri Anand Kumar Agrawal, Ms. Vijaya Bhaskar Kolakaluri, Shri Sachin Hogale, Shri D.K. Ghodke, Ms. Sheela Kumari, Shri Pradeep Kumar Sethi, Shri Sunil Kumar N, and many others across various states and regions. With these additions, a total of 180 new officers have been authorized to oversee food safety functions concerning fortified rice kernels. The amendment ensures enhanced regulatory oversight, monitoring, and enforcement of food safety standards in fortified rice production and distribution. The notification, signed by Rajit Punhani, Chief Executive Officer of FSSAI, takes effect from the date of its publication. The principal notification of July 2025 was previously amended on 28 August 2025, and this latest revision further updates the official list of designated officers to strengthen the FSSAI’s operational framework.

FOOD SAFETY AND STANDARDS AUTHORITY OF INDIA

NOTIFICATION

New Delhi, the 4th November, 2025

F. No. IEC-34011/1/2021-IEC-FSSAI-Part(8).—In exercise of the powers conferred under Sub-Section 5 of Section 10 read with Section 37 of the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006 (34 of 2006), the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India hereby notifies the following officers as Food Safety Officers for the Fortified Rice Kernel with effect from the date of publication in this notification by amending the principal notification, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part III, Section 4 dated the 2^nd July, 2025:-

In the table, after Sr. no. 86, the following entries shall be inserted, namely,-

RAJIT PUNHANI, Chief Executive Officer

[ADVT.-III/4/Exty./452/2025-26]

Note : The principal notification was published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part III, Section 4 vide F. No. IEC-34011/1/2021-IEC-FSSAI-Part(8), dated the 2nd July, 2025 and subsequently amended vide notification numbers F. No. IEC-34011/1/2021-IEC-FSSAI-Part(8) dated 28th August, 2025 .