Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) issued an amendment to the Food Safety and Standards (Prohibition and Restrictions on Sales) Regulations, 2011, effective from the date of publication in the Official Gazette. These changes primarily focus on Multi-Source Edible Oils, which are now restricted to being sold in packages not exceeding 15 liters, as specified under the 2011 Food Products Standards and Food Additives Regulations. Additionally, several sub-regulations have been omitted or revised, including the removal of sub-regulation 2.3.8 and specific clauses related to AGMARK certification in sub-regulation 2.3.14. The update also removes certain clauses from Form A and eliminates the requirement for AGMARK certification marks in some food products.
FOOD SAFETY AND STANDARDS AUTHORITY OF INDIA
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 17th October, 2024
No. REG-11027/2/2022-Regulation-FSSAI.—Whereas the draft of the Food Safety and Standards (Prohibition and Restrictions on Sales) Amendment Regulations, 2023, 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 F.No. REG-11027/2/2022-Regulation-FSSAI dated the 27th April, 2023, in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part III, Section 4, 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 notifications were made available to the public;
And whereas the copies of the said Gazette were made available to the public on the 28th April, 2023;
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: –
REGULATIONS
1. Short title and commencement.- (1) These regulations may be called the Food Safety and Standards (Prohibition and Restrictions on Sales) first Amendment Regulations, 2024.
(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,-
(i) in regulation 2.1, in sub-regulation 2.1.1, for the third proviso commencing with the words “Provided also that prohibition in regulation 2.1.1” and ending with the words “the relevant standard prescribed by these regulations.”, the following shall be substituted, namely,-
“Provided also that prohibition in regulation 2.1.1 (5) shall remain inoperative in respect of Multi-Source Edible Oil specified under the clause 24 of sub-regulation 2.2.1 of regulation 2.2 of the Food Safety and Standards (Food Products Standards and Food Additives) Regulations, 2011 and Multi-Source Edible Oil shall not be sold in a package weighing more than 15 litres.”;
(ii) in regulation 2.3,-
(A) sub-regulation 2.3.8 shall be omitted;
(B) in sub-regulation 2.3.14,-
(a) clauses (4) and (5) shall be omitted;
(b) in clause (11), the words “AGMARK certification mark bearing” shall be omitted;
(c) in clause (13), the words “AGMARK Certification mark bearing” shall be omitted;
(d) clauses (17) and (18) shall be omitted;
(iii) The Form A shall be omitted.
G. KAMALA VARDHANA RAO, Chief Executive Officer
[ADVT.-III/4/Exty./601/2024-25]
Note. – The principal regulations were published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary vide notification number F. No. 2-15015/30/2010, dated the 1st August, 2011 and last amended vide notification number F.No. REG/ Representation-MSEO/FSSAI-2021, dated 5th September, 2022.
