The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India through circular dated 16 August, 2021 has issued directions regarding Licensing of FBOs manufacturing/re-packing Fresh/Surface-treated/Minimally processed Fruits & Vegetables. Due to unavailability of standards for these products in FSSR, these products have not been listed in standardized products list along with their respective food categories on FoSCoS.
Therefore, in order to avoid unnecessary hurdle and to facilitate the trade, as an interim measure, the following food categories are being made available for licensing under General Manufacturing kind of business on FoSCoS with immediate effect:
- Surface-treated fresh fruits
- Untreated fresh fruits
- Peeled or cut, minimally processed fruit
- Untreated fresh vegetables
- Surface-treated fresh vegetables
- Peeled, cut or shredded minimally processed vegetables
