The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) on July 16, 2024, issued the notification regarding the Introduction of a new Kind of Business (KoB) for ‘Direct Sellers’ under FoSCoS.
The following has been stated namely: -
• A new Kind of Business (KoB) in FoSCoS for 'Direct Sellers' has been introduced to differentiate between a Retailer and a Direct Seller
• The specifications of the same has been stated in the notification, the following Food Categories have been allowed namely: -
o Fats and oils, and fat emulsions
o Cereals and cereal products, derived from cereal grains, from roots and tubers, pulses, legumes and pith or soft core of palm tree, excluding bakery wares of food category 7.0
o Bakery products
o Salts, spices, soups, sauces, salads and protein products
o Foodstuffs intended for particular nutritional uses Only 13.4., 13.5 and 13.6.
This shall come into force from July 10, 2024.
[Notification No. RCD-15001/6/2021-Regulatory-FSSAI-Part(1) [Comp No. 1752]]
