Category: Food Industry Updates

The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India in its Notification dated 22nd November, 2019 has issued Directions to the licensing authorities that they ‘must’ avoid unnecessary documentation for the purpose of licensing or registration …

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The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India in its advisory dated 25th November, 2019 has issued a Sampling plan for production and bulk storage of Salt under FSS (Fortification of Foods) Regulations, 2018. It …

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The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has issued a letter dated 25th November 2019 to the Commissioners of Food Safety of all states/UTs to undertake regular surveillance and enforcement activities to curb …

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The FSSAI has issued a Circular dated 15 November 2019 directing E-commerce businesses that intend to sell liquor or alcoholic food beverages online to submit for Non-Objection Certificate from Excise department of concerned states. Other …

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The Food safety and standards Authority of India has proposed a draft regulation titled as the Food Safety and Standards (Safe Food and healthy diets for School Children) Regulations, 2019. It is a 10 point …

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The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India in its Gazette Notification dated 30th October 2019, has published the Food Safety and Standards (Food Products Standards and Food Additives) Fourth Amendment Regulations, 2019 to further …

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Food Safety and Standards Authority of India has vide letter dated 1st July, 2019 launched a special drive for licensing and registration of food businesses and directed the commissioners Of food safety and licensing authorities …

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The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India in its notification dated 18th October, 2019, has issued direction regarding standards of formulated supplements for children and issues of their license.

The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India in its notification dated 30th October 2019, has decided to make the Food Safety and Standards (Food products Standards) Amendment Regulations, 2019, operational.

The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India, has issued a draft guidelines on “Working with the private sector” in order to build a culture of self-compliance and to prevent food hazards across the food …

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