The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India on 8th March 2021 has published the Food Safety and Standards (Prohibition and Restrictions on Sales) Third Amendment Regulations, 2021 which shall come into force from 8th June 2021.
The Amendment is brought under regulation 2.3 which deals with Prohibition and Restriction on sale of certain products in which sub regulation 2.3.14 has been substituted which states that the Multi Source Edible Vegetable Oil shall not be sold in loose form. It shall be sold in sealed package weighing not more than 15 Kilograms.
The container having Multi-Source Edible Vegetable Oil shall be tamper proof. It shall also not be sold under the common or generic name of the oil used in the blend but shall be sold as – Multi Source Edible Vegetable Oil.
Further, the sealed package shall be sold or offered for sale only under AGMARK certification mark bearing the label declarations as provided in the Regulations besides other labelling requirements under the Regulation.
