The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI), through the Food Safety and Standards (Prohibition and Restrictions on Sales) Amendment Regulations, 2026, has amended the Food Safety and Standards (Prohibition and Restrictions on Sales) Regulations, 2011. The amendment was issued after publication of draft regulations on 3 October 2024, consideration of objections and suggestions received from stakeholders, and completion of the consultation process under Section 92 of the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006. The amendment provides that clause (8) of sub-regulation 2.3.14 of Regulation 2.3 shall be omitted from the existing regulations. The revised regulations will come into force from the date of their publication in the Official Gazette. The notification records that public comments received on the draft proposal were examined before finalization of the amendment. This change constitutes a targeted amendment to the regulatory framework governing prohibitions and restrictions on the sale of food products under the Food Safety and Standards regime.
FOOD SAFETY AND STANDARDS AUTHORITY OF INDIA
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 23rd May, 2026
No. SS-T0FA(NOTI)/3/2024-Standard-FSSAI.—Whereas a draft of certain regulations further to amend the Food Safety and Standards (Prohibition and Restrictions on sales) Regulations, 2011, were published as required 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 number REG-11027/2/2022-Regulation-FSSAI, dated the 3rd October, 2024, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part III, section 4, dated the 4th October ,2024 for inviting 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 was published were made available to the public;
And whereas the copies of the said official Gazette were made available to the public on the 7th October, 2024;
And whereas, the objections and suggestions received from the public in respect of the said draft regulations have been considered by the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India;
Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 92 of the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006 (34 of 2006), the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India hereby makes the following regulations further to amend the Food Safety and Standards (Prohibition and Restrictions on sales) Regulations, 2011, namely: –
1. (1) These regulations may be called the Food Safety and Standards (Prohibition and Restrictions on sales) Amendment Regulations, 2026.
(2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.
2. In the Food Safety and Standards (Prohibition and Restrictions on Sales) Regulations, 2011, in regulation 2.3, in sub-regulation 2.3.14, clause (8) shall be omitted.
RAJIT PUNHANI, Chief Executive Officer
[ADVT.-III/4/Exty./115/2026-27]
Note. – The Food Safety and Standards (Prohibition and Restrictions on sales) Regulations, 2011 were published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part III, section 4 vide notification number F. No. 2-15015/30/2010, dated the 1st August, 2011 and last amended vide notification number REG-11027/2/2022-Regulation-FSSAI, dated the 17th October, 2024.
