The Food Standards and Safety Authority of India (FSSAI) on October 31, 2023, issued a notification regarding the Approval of the Rapid Analytical Food Testing Kit/Method by FSSAI
This is in supersession of FSSAI notice number 11014/06/2021-QA dated January 09, 2023
The following has been stated namely: -
• It states that The desirous manufacturers/method developers may apply to FSSAI in the application format through the Online Portal available at https://raft.fssai.gov.in/
(i) FSSAI shall accept the duly filled, complete, and signed application received on the online RAFT Portal only. Any other mode of application shall not be accepted. Incomplete or unsigned applications will be summarily rejected and no fee shall be refunded.
(ii) In case of applications with incomplete or insufficient data on validation and verification the RAFT Secretariat may direct the applicant to submit additional information with supporting documents.
(iii) The applicant shall submit the information sought within a period of thirty days, failing which the application will be summarily rejected. The applicant may request, for reasons to be recorded in writing to extend the timeline beyond thirty days.
(iv) The Application should be submitted with proper justification for each product individually along with all necessary/ supporting documents (validation certificate in accordance with international guidelines/data and manual/product insert).
(v) Application for instruments used for the analysis of general parameters like pH, density, or routine laboratory equipment and accessories, etc. will not be accepted. Such applications, if received will be summarily rejected and no fee shall be refunded
• It states that the Applicants should submit a separate application for each kit/equipment/method and each application should be accompanied by a separate application processing fee (@Rs. 2000/- + GST @18% is for approval of a single rapid food testing kit/equipment/method in a single application form).
• The fee shall be accepted through the online RAFT Portal only.
• In case of renewal of RAFT application, the applicants must apply for renewal on the online RAFT Portal not less than 60 days prior to the expiration date on the certificate (as per the guidelines of the renewal procedure). Any other mode of renewal application shall not be accepted
[Notification No. File No. 11014/01/2022-QA]
