The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) on October 04, 2024, issued the Draft Food Safety and Standards (Licensing and Registration of Food Business) Amendment Regulations, 2024 to further amend the e Food Safety and Standards (Licensing and Registration of Food Business) Regulations, 2011.
The following amendments have been stated:
• In regulation 2.1, after sub-regulation 2.1.21, the following sub-regulations shall be inserted, namely: -
“2.1.22 Provision for Digitising the Issuance of License and Registration Food Authority, may from time to time, take decisions on automating the processes where verifications are possible through digital tools to reduce overall time and effort required in the issuance of License and Registration. Except such automations, as decided by the Food Authority, other regulatory functions as laid down under the FSS Act, 2006 and Rules and Regulations, made thereunder will be exercised by the respective jurisdictional regulatory authorities.”
• In Schedule 4, in part I, after Sub-part (c) related to ‘Retail fish and fish products shop’, the following subpart shall be inserted, namely: -
“Sub-part (d) Primary Milk producers
Specific considerations for primary milk producers including small dairy holders who are not members of any dairy cooperative societies and involved in producing milk and offering for sale for direct human consumption without any processing.”
All persons likely to be affected thereby and notice is hereby given that the said draft regulations will be taken into consideration after the expiry of the period of sixty days from the date on which copies of the Official Gazette in which this notification is published are made available to the public;
Objections or suggestions, if any, may be addressed to the Chief Executive Officer, Food Safety and Standards Authority of India, Food and Drug Administration Bhawan, Kotla Road, New Delhi- 110002 or sent on email at [email protected];
Objections and suggestions, which may be received with respect to the said draft regulations before the expiry of the period so specified, will be considered by the Food Authority.
[Notification No. RCD-01002/1/2021-Regulatory-FSSAI-Part(2)]
