The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) on October 20, 2023, issued a notification regarding direction under Section 16 (5) of the FSS Act, 2006 regarding the re-operationalisation of Food Safety and Standards (Licensing and Registration of Food Business) Amendment Regulations 2021.
The following has been stated: -
•In exercise of the powers conferred under Section 92 of the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006, FSSAI has framed the Food Safety and Standards (Licensing and Registration of Food Business) Amendment Regulations, 2018, and the same were approved by the Food Authority in its meeting held on September 21, 2017. These regulations contain amendments in respect of the Sections given in the document attached below.
•The draft regulations are notified dated November 17, 2020, inviting comments from the stakeholders and are currently under the process of finalization. Since notification of the final amendment regulation is likely to take some time, it has been decided to re-operationalize the Food Safety and Standards (Licensing and Registration of Food Business) Amendment Regulations, 2021 as enclosed herewith with effect from May 11, 2023, ensure food safety and fair practices in food business operations.
•The food business operators shall follow these regulations and the enforcement of these regulations shall commence only after the final regulations are notified in the Gazette of India, except the amendment in sub-regulations 2.1.9 which has already come into effect from March 27, 2020, and, in so far as schedule 4 requirements are concerned, if required, improvement Notice under Section 32 of the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006 may be issued to Food Business Operators and accordingly action maybe taken for compliance with these requirements.
The detailed notification is given in the document attached below.
[Notification No. F.No. RCD-01002/1/2021-Regulatory-FSSAI (part-1)]
