The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India vide its notification dated 12th January 2021 has revised the application format for applying to FSSAI for approval of Rapid Analytical Food Testing Kit/Equipment/Method for the purpose of testing of food.
As per the revised format the desirous manufacturers/method developers shall duly fill and sign the application and any Incomplete or unsigned applications will be summarily rejected for which no fee shall be refunded.
The Applicant shall submit a separate application for each kit/equipment/method and each application should be accompanied by a separate application processing fee and it shall be submitted with proper justification for each of the product separately along with- all necessary/supporting documents.
The duly filled application form (copy enclosed) shall be sent to the undersigned through e-mail (raft-approval@fssai.gov.in) and also by post in 2 sets.
The Conformance Certificate will be valid for three years from the date of issue, however, FSSAI may withdraw or suspend the Conformance Certificate issued to the applicant on the basis of its own investigation or complaint received in this regard or voluntarily withdrawal request from the applicant.