Food stuffs intended for nutritional use excluded from the scope of Proprietary Foods

The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India vide circular dated, the 06″”November, 2020 has excluded Food Category “13” (Foodstuffs intended for particular nutritional uses) from the scope of Proprietary Foods. All the Central Licensing Authorities are directed to identify such licenses granted earlier under Proprietary Foods with FC 13 and advise such FBOs to get them suitably modified under FoSCOS without any modification fee up to 30th June, 2021. The circular directs CLAs to inform and advise all such food business operators who apply for FC 13 under Proprietary Category regarding the change.