The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India vide its notification dated 19th October 2020 has decided to further extend the date for mandatory food safety audit of food business operators holding under the FSS (Food Safety Auditing) Regulations, 2018.
Under the Food Safety and Standards (Food Safety Auditing) Regulations, 2018 the FSSAI has prescribed mandatory audits for food businesses holding Central Licenses and falling under the high risk categories. Under these regulations FBOs that fall in the following six categories of food businesses as per FLRS were to carry out mandatory food safety auditing of their premises.
- Dairy products and analogues, excluding products of food category 2.0
- Meat and meat products including poultry
- Fish and fish products, including molluscs, crustaceans and echinoderms
- Egg and egg products
- Foodstuff intended for particular nutritional uses (food for infant nutrients, etc.)
- Prepared foods (catering etc.)
Therefore the last date for mandatory audit has been extended up to 31st December 2020.
