The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India through circular dated 27 July, 2021 has clarified that no applications relating to genetically modified food or materials will be accepted at this point. The FSSAI is currently in the process of developing regulations and guidelines for safety assessment of genetically modified food or materials.
Thus no applications relating to genetically modified food or materials submitted under Food Safety and Standards(Approval for Non-Specified Food and Food Ingredients) Regulations, 2017 will be accepted by Food Safety and Standards Authority of India until the guidelines/regulations are issued.
