Notifications for India (226 notifications)

The Draft Food Safety and Standards (Contaminants, Toxins and Residues) Amendment Regulations, 2020 details the MRL of pesticide, Tolerance Limit of Antibiotic and Toxins.

These regulations allows 2% incidental occurring of Kesari dal in grams/pulses.

These regulations prescribe new standards for Shea Butter and Borneo Tallow/Illipe Butter.

This draft notification prescribes the standards for Dairy Analogues including definition, labelling requirements and nomenclatures of such products. The draft nonfiction also includes revised standards of Ghee and other milk fat products.

The Draft Plant Quarantine (Regulation of Import into India) (First Amendment) Order, 2020 seeks to further liberalize provisions governing import of apple under Schedule VI of the Plant Quarantine (Regulation of Import into India) Order, 2003.  This notification will further allow import of plants and plant materials into India.

Amendment in Food Safety and Standards (Food Product Standards and Food Additives) Regulation, 2011 w.r.t. the proviso for the requirements of animal feed.

The Draft Plant Quarantine (Regulation of Import into India) (First Amendment) Order, 2020 seeks to further liberalize provisions governing import of Hordeum spp. (Barley), Pome fruits (Apple, Pear and Quince), Stone fruits (Plum, Peach, Cherry, Apricot, Almond, Nectarne (Prunus spp.), Grapes (Vitis vinifera) and Apple (Malus domestica) under Schedule VI of the Plant Quarantine (Regulation of Import into India) Order, 2003. This notification will further allow import of plants and plant materials into India.

The Draft Plant Quarantine (Regulation of Import into India) (Thirteenth Amendment) Order, 2019 seeks to further liberalize provisions governing import of coffee beans under Schedule VI of the Plant Quarantine (Regulation of Import into India) Order, 2020. This notification will further allow import of plants and plant materials into India.

A healthy food make our kids feel better, grow better and learn better and right eating habits can be engrained in the children from a young age. With the aim to ensure safe and wholesome food for school children, FSSAI has proposed a draft regulation titled Food Safety and Standards (Safe Food and healthy diets for School Children) Regulations, 2019. At the heart of these regulations is a central idea to make clear what is healthy for children and what is not. Pre-draft of these regulations were also notified to the WTO on 2 March 2018 vide G/SPS/N/IND/205, in which some modifications have been made and hence it is proposed to notify the modified draft to WTO Member countries.

The Draft Plant Quarantine (Regulation of Import into India) (Eleventh Amendment) Order, 2019 seeks to further liberalize provisions governing import of Musa textilis (Abaca/Manila fiber) from the Philippines under Schedule VI of the Plant Quarantine (Regulation of Import into India) Order, 2003. This notification will further allow import of plants and plant materials into India.

Draft Food Safety and Standards (Fortification of Foods) Amendment Regulations, 2019 relating to tolerance limit of micro nutrients.

Draft Food Safety and Standards (Prohibition and Restrictions on Sales) Amendment Regulations, 2019 relating to "limits of trans fats in food products".

These regulations prescribe the amendment relating to inclusion of standard of monk fruit, standards for biscuits, bread and bread-type products, jowar (sorghum grains), maida (refined wheat flour), semolina (suji or rawa), breakfast cereal, pearl millet flour, sorghum flour, sucralose, cumin (whole & powder), iron fortified common salt, dried thyme, review of gluten free and low gluten product standard, trehalose , inclusion of tocopherols in the food category 1.7 "dairy based dessert", limits of benzoates in the food category 14.1.4 and 14.1.4.2, additional processing aids for use in various food categories, microbiological standards for egg and egg products and procedures /protocols for retesting of microbiologically contaminated samples.

Import of poultry and poultry products into India in view of outbreak of Avian Influenza in the country/zones/compartments.

The notification contained in document G/SPS/N/IND/241 was distributed erroneously and therefore should be considered null and void.

Draft Food Safety and Standards (Prohibition and Restrictions on Sales) Amendment Regulations, 2019 relates to "Limit of Total Polar Compounds in Fresh/Unused Vegetable Oil/Fat".

The Food Safety and Standards (Alcoholic Beverages) Amendment Regulations, 2019 details the requirements for low alcoholic beverages other than wine and beer, provision for geographical indicators, certain labelling requirements along with other requirements.

These regulations prescribe the labelling requirements of pre-packaged foods and display of essential information on premises where food is manufactured, processed, served and stored. The new regulations will supersede the Food Safety and Standards (Packaging and Labelling) Regulations, 2011.

The Draft Plant Quarantine (Regulation of Import into India) (Fifth Amendment) Order, 2019 seeks to further liberalize provisions governing import of Malus Domestica (Apple) from Greece under Schedule VI  of the Plant Quarantine (Regulation of Import into India) Order, 2003. This notification will further allow import of plants and plant materials into India.

Draft Food Safety and Standards (Food Products Standards and Food Additives) Amendment Regulations, 2019 related to formulation of new standards for low lactose/lactose free milk and dairy permeate powder and definition of mozzarella cheese.