The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) on February 19, 2025, issued the Draft Food Safety and Standards (Laboratory and Sample Analysis) Amendment Regulations, 2025, to further amend the Food Safety and Standards (Laboratory and Sample Analysis) Regulations, 2011.
The following has been stated namely: -
• In regulation 2.3, sub-regulation 2.3.1, in (a) for clause 2, shall be substituted with:- “2. After test or analysis, the certificate thereof duly signed by the Director of the Referral Food Laboratory or the report signed by the Food Analyst shall be supplied forthwith to the sender in Form as prescribed under FSS Rules, 2011.”.
• In clause 4, the proviso starting with “Provided further that” and ending with “the Food Analyst”, a new proviso shall be substituted with “Provided further that in case of the unspecified products, the quantity drawn shall be as per the guidelines issued by Food Authority from time to time”.
• After regulation 2.4, a new regulation shall be inserted namely:- “2.5 Method of Analysis”.
• After regulation 2.5, a new regulation shall be inserted namely:- “2.6 Timeline for Analysis”.
• The FORM A and FORM B shall be omitted.
• Objections or suggestions, if any, may be addressed to the Chief Executive Officer, Food Safety and Standards Authority of India, FDA Bhawan, Kotla Road, New Delhi - 110002 and may be sent to the e-mail at [email protected]. and on or before April 20, 2025.
[Notification no. QA/11023/31/2022-QA-FSSAI(2)]
