Manufacturers [including Repackers and Relabellers] to Upload or Link, Mandatory Lab Testing Report [Six Monthly] of Food Products on FoSCoS website for period of April'23 to Sept'23  Last date 31/Oct'23

EPR Compliance Mandatory before 31/Oct/2023

 EPR Compliance Mandatory before 31/Oct/2023

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FSSAI Announces Important Changes to Alcoholic Beverage Rules.

 Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has introduced amendments to the existing regulations governing alcoholic beverages. 

This move comes as part of their ongoing efforts to ensure food safety and quality standards in the country. The FSSAI, through a notification published on the 21st of August, 2023, has unveiled the Food Safety and Standards (Alcoholic Beverages) First Amendment Regulations, 2023 which describes significant changes to alcoholic beverage rules and regulations

This first amendment (2023) has introduced changes to the existing regulations (2018).

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FSSAI Order On Upload of Lab Test Reports by Manufacturers, Relabellers and Repackers

In the recent order issued by authority on 13th January 2023, FSSAI has mandated that all the manufacturers including repacker and relabeller shall upload the six-monthly lab testing reports on FoSCoS or link lab reports from the InFoLNet wherever the samples are analyzed by FSSAI notified labs.

Lab testing to be done as per ‘Condition No. 12’ under the licensing & registration rules which says, “Ensure testing of relevant chemical and/or microbiological contaminants in food products in accordance with these regulations as frequently as required on the basis of historical data and risk assessment to ensure production and delivery of safe food through own or NABL accredited/FSSAI notified labs at least once in six months.”

The last date for uploading the lab testing report for the period April 2022 to September 2022 is 31st March 2023.

Thereafter, FBOs will be able to upload the six-monthly lab testing report on FoSCoS within one month from the closing date of respective half yearly period i.e., by 31st October for period of April to September and by 31st April for period October to March.

FBOs have to upload the lab test reports on FoSCoS portal.

FSSAI has given this manadate to bring in transparency and ease out the process of filing the Annual Returns by Food Busines Operators at the end of the financiual year. Manufacturers including Relabellers and Repackers will be benefitted from this order. 

Source: FSSAI

FSSAI : Capping of penalties due to delay in submission of Annual Returns.

 FSSAI : Capping of penalties due to delay in submission of Annual Returns.

Non-submission of FSSAI’s Annual Returns attracts a monetary penalty, but this penalty had no upper capping earlier.

FSSAI has issued a new order regarding the upper capping on the monetary penalty that will reduce the burden on FBOs owing to the accumulated penalties.

To facilitate the ease of doing business, FSSAI has capped the maximum amount of penalty levied due to non-submission of Annual Returns.

"Any delay in filing return beyond 31st May of each year shall attract a penalty of Rs 100/- per day for delay till the date of filing of the return. The maximum penalty that can be levied shall not exceed 5 times the annual fees of the license."

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FSSAI issues detailed graphic specification of Vegan Logo

Vegan Logo

 Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has drawn reference
to Food Safety and Standards (Vegan Foods) Regulations, 2022  gazette notified on 10th June, 2022 and came in force w.e.f. its publication in the official Gazette.

FSSAI as per the sub-regulation 5(2) of FSS (Vegan Foods) Regulations, 2022 issued “Guidelines dated 25th July, 2022 for submission of applications for endorsement of vegan logo and formats” for the approval from the Authority.

FSSAI has clarified that upon approval of the application as per Form B, the Food Business Operators are eligible to use the vegan logo. The sub-regulation 4(2) of the FSS (Vegan Foods) Regulations, 2022 states the following­ “Every package of vegan foods, after the approval, shall carry the logo as specified below”.

In reference to the above, the detailed graphic specification of the Vegan logo is placed at the Annexure-1. Notably the above directions have been issued with the approval of the Competent Authority in exercise of the power vested under Section 16(5) of Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006

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FSSAI Amends Labeling and Display Amendment Regulations 2021

 The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI)  came up with a Gazette Notification of Food Safety and Standards (Labeling and Display) Amendment Regulations 2021 with amendments in font size and exemptions etc.

The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India hereby makes the following regulations further to amend the Food Safety and Standards (Labelling and Display) Regulations, 2020, namely: - 

1. (1) These regulations may be called the Food Safety and Standards (Labelling and Display)         First Amendment Regulations, 2022. 

    (2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette. 

2. In the Food Safety and Standards (Labelling and Display) Regulations, 2020 (herein after refer as said regulations), - 

        (1) in regulation 5, - 

            (i) in sub-regulation (3), - 

         (a) in clause (b)(ii) (C), - 

        (A) for second proviso, the following proviso shall be substituted, namely: - “Provided that              saturated fat and trans fat to be given only if total fat content is more than 0.5% in                     final food.” 

        (B) after the second proviso, the following proviso shall be inserted, namely: - 

                “Provided further that cholesterol content to be given only for products containing                     fats of animal origin and where total fat content is more than 0.5%.” 

            (b) for clause (c) (xi), the following shall be substituted, namely, - 

                 “(xi) Chewing gum and bubble gum”; 

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