India: FSSAI Scraps Food Product Approval Following Supreme Court Ruling

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On August 26, 2015, the Government of India’s (GOI) Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) officially announced on its website that it would no longer continue with its product approval process, as per the August 19, 2015 ruling by India’s Supreme Court. The Supreme Court’s ruling upheld a June 30, 2014, decision by the Bombay High Court which ruled that FSSAI is not legally authorized to unilaterally issue ‘advisories’

India: FSSAI Scraps Food Product Approval Following Supreme Court Ruling

 

 

Exporting, Regulations & Requirements
South and Central Asia, India

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