The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) on February 06, 2024, approved amendments to streamline Food Safety and Standards Regulations.
The following has been stated: -
•Various amendments across different Food Safety and Standards Regulations were approved to do away with Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) or AGMARK certification for food products.
•After the amendments are finalised, food businesses would not have to go to different authorities for mandatory certification with only FSSAI certification being made mandatory for food products.
•Other approvals include standards of Mead (Honey wine) and Alcoholic Ready-to-drink (RTD) beverages, revision of standards of milk fat products, standards for Haleem, etc.
•The Food Authority also approved a first-of-its-kind and comprehensive manual of methods of analysis for ensuring regulatory compliance of food products.
The detailed notification is given in the document attached below.
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