The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) on September 09, 2022 has issued Food Safety and Standards (Labelling and Display) First Amendment Regulations, 2022 to further amend e Food Safety and Standards (Labelling and Display) Regulations, 2020. This has come into force on September 09, 2022.
The following has been amended namely: -
• In Regulation 5(3)(b)(ii)(c) which states “Nutritional Information per 100g or 100ml or per single consumption pack of the product and per serve percentage” the following proviso has been substituted namely: -
“Provided that saturated fat and trans fat to be given only if total fat content is more than 0.5% in final food.”
Furthermore, a new proviso has been inserted namely: -
“Provided further that cholesterol content to be given only for products containing fats of animal origin and where total fat content is more than 0.5%”
• In regulation 6(3) which states “height of any numeral and letter required in a Display Panel”, the following proviso has been inserted namely: -
“Provided further that the size of numeral or letter required for all declarations under these regulations on the crown or closure of returnable glass bottle shall not be less than 1 mm”
Please refer to the Notification for further amendments made
[Notification No. F. No. Std/SP-08/A-1.2021/N-01]
