India: India's FSSAI Issues Amendments to the Food Safety and Standards - Approval of Non-Specified Food and Food Ingredients - Regulations 2021

  |   Attaché Report (GAIN)   |   IN2021-0137

On September 22, 2021, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare/Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) issued Notification No. F. No. Std/EC/T(NSF-01). The notification was published on the FSSAI website on September 24, 2021. The authority is amending the Food Safety and Standards (Approval for Non-Specified Food and Food Ingredients) Regulations (2021) relating to regulation (4) ‘Procedure for grant of prior approval.’ World Trade Organization (WTO) members are invited to comment on the proposed draft amendment and the timeline to provide comments is 60-days from the date of notification on the WTO website.

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