Draft Food Safety and Standards (Ayurveda Aahar) Regulations, 2021

The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India through notification dated 30th June, 2021 has issued the Draft Food Safety and Standards (Ayurveda Aahar) Regulations, 2021. Objections or suggestions, if any, may be mailed within 60 days from publication. Ayurveda Aahar means a food prepared in accordance with the recipes or ingredients and/or processes as per methods described in the authoritative books of Ayurveda. The regulation provides that:

1. No person shall manufacture, pack, sell, offer for sale, market or otherwise distribute or import Ayurveda Aahar
   unless the product comply with the requirements laid down in these regulations.
2. The labelling, presentation and advertisement shall not claim that the Ayurveda Aahar has the property of
   preventing, treating or curing a human disease or refer to such properties.
3. Food Business Operator shall make claims in accordance with the Food Safety and Standards (Advertising and
   Claims) Regulation, 2018.