India: India's FSSAI Amends its Food Import Regulations

  |   Attaché Report (GAIN)   |   IN2021-0136

On November 3, 2021, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare/Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) notified its Food Safety and Standards (Import) First Amendment Regulations (2021). The amendment notified relates to the inclusion of a new Chapter XIV to the food import regulations titled “Registration and Inspection of Foreign Food Manufacturing Facilities.” The implementation date for this amendment is set for June 1, 2022.

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