Food Safety and Standards (Labelling and Display) First Amendment Regulations, 2021
*FSSAI
F. No. Std/SP-08/A-1.2019/N-02. Dtd. 10th September, 2021
The FSSAI has notified a new set of Regulations to amend the existing Food Safety and Standards (Labelling and Display) Regulations, 2020. These amendments are set to come into force w.e.f. the date of its publication in the Official Gazette i.e., 15th September, 2021, and the Food Business Operators (FBOs) shall comply with all the provisions of these regulations by 17th November, 2021.
Now, let’s have a look at the Amendments:
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| 1 | Insertion: Regulation 7(1) proviso
Provided that in case of food package having surface area upto 30cm2 containing caloric or non-caloric sweetener or mixture thereof, the size of numerals and letters for the declarations or specific requirements specified in Schedule -II shall not be less than 1mm based on the letter l. |
By this amendment, the food authority has provided for smaller size of numerals and letters i.e., not be less than 1mm in case of food package having surface area upto 30cm2 containing caloric or non-caloric sweetener or mixture thereof.
Before this amendment, the minimum prescribed size was 3mm for all cases. |
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| 2 | Insertion: Schedule II clause 1(1) after S. No. 4
[(1) Every package of food containing the following ingredients/additives shall bear the following declarations on the label in a rectangular box, namely]
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In addition to the existing 4 points, a new point no. 5 is added. | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Substitution: Schedule II clause 1(3) S. No. 3
[(3) Every package containing the following articles of food and advertisement relating thereto shall carry the warning and/or declaration, in a rectangular box, namely]
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In the existing provisions, the declaration was limited to,
“(I) CONTAINS……… (NAME OF ARTIFICIAL SWEETENER) (II) NOT RECOMMENDED FOR CHILDREN” which is now altered and made stricter. Even there’s addition in the list of “Articles of food”. |
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| 4 | Omission: Schedule II clause 1(3) S. No. 4
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| 5 | Substitution: Schedule II clause 1(4) S. No. 1,2,3
[(4) Every package of food containing the following ingredients/additives and advertisement relating thereto shall carry the following warning and declaration, in a rectangular box, namely]
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| 6 | Insertion: Schedule II clause 2(2.1) after item (2)
[2.1 Labelling of edible oils and fats] 2A. In case rice bran oil which is physically refined is used as one of the ingredients in Vanaspati, it shall be declared in the ingredient list on the label as ‘Physically Refined Rice Bran Oil’. |
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| 7 | Substitution: Schedule II clause 2(2.1) item (4)
[2.1 Labelling of edible oils and fats] Every package containing an admixture of edible oils shall carry the following label declaration in bold capital letter immediately below its brand name or trade name on the front of pack, namely: “MULTI-SOURCE EDIBLE OIL” (Name and nature* of edible oil) ………………………per cent. by weight (Name and nature* of edible oil) ………………………per cent. by weight (*i.e. in raw or refined form) For pack size less than one litre, the font size of the label declaration “MULTI-SOURCE EDIBLE OIL”, shall not be less than 3 mm with the length of declaration statement as 35 mm minimum and for label declaration “Name and Nature of edible oil……per cent. by weight”, font size shall not be less than 2 mm. For pack size one litre to below 5 litre, the font size of the label declaration “MULTI-SOURCE EDIBLE OIL” shall not be less than 4 mm with the length of declaration statement as 45 mm minimum and for label declaration “Name and Nature of edible oil……per cent. by weight” font size shall not be less than 2.5 mm. For pack size five litre and above, the font size of the label declaration “MULTI-SOURCE EDIBLE OIL” shall not be less than 10 mm and for label declaration “Name and Nature of edible oil……per cent. by weight” font size shall not be less than 3 mm. There shall also be the following declaration in bold capital letters along with the name of product on front of pack,- NOT TO BE SOLD LOOSE |
The food authority has provided that the label declaration shall be in bold capital letters.
Further, there are changes in the size of label declarations. |
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