The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) on August 31, 2022, published the Draft of Food Safety and Standards (Foods for Infant Nutrition) First Amendment Regulations, 2022 to amend further the Food Safety and Standards (Foods for Infant Nutrition) Regulations, 2020.
In the Food Safety and Standards (Foods for Infant Nutrition) Regulations, 2020, -
(1) In regulation 4, in the first paragraph, for the words, brackets, and figures „Food Safety and Standards (Packaging and Labelling) Regulations, 2011‟ the “Food Safety and Standards (Labelling and Display) Regulations, 2020” words, brackets and figures shall be substituted.
(2) In regulation 7,
(i) In sub-regulation (1), in clause (g), in the table for serial no 19 and the entries relating thereto the “19. Vitamin B12, µg 0.25-4.0, 0.05-0.09” and entry shall be substituted.
(ii) After the sub-regulation (2), shall be inserted “(3) where an infant formula in powder format is manufactured without the use of any vegetable oil, linoleate, vitamin E, starch, specified food additive, and optional ingredients, the product may be named as „Infant Milk Food,” shall be inserted.
(3) In regulation 10,
(i) In sub-regulation (1), in clause (h), in the table for serial number 15 and the entry relating thereto, the following serial number and entry shall be substituted, namely: - “15. Vitamin B12, µ g 0.25 4.0 0.05 0.90”.
(ii) In sub-regulation (2), in clause (a), in the table, -
(A) The words “pH adjusting agents‟ shall be substituted with the words “Acidity regulators”.
(B) The following shall be inserted at the end, namely: - “Packaging gases”
They shall come into force on October 01, 2022.
[Notification No.Std./SP-05/T(IFR-01)]
