India: India's FSSAI Publishes Draft Amendments for Advertising and Claims Regulations

  |   Attaché Report (GAIN)   |   IN2022-0003

Contact:

Office of Agricultural Affairs, New Delhi   |   (011-91-11) 2419-8769

Link to report:

India: India's FSSAI Publishes Draft Amendments for Advertising and Claims Regulations

On December 27, 2021, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare/Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) issued Notification No. F. No. Std/SP-08/A-1.2020/N-03 (see, Appendix I). The notification, was published in the Gazette of India (official gazette) on December 27, 2021, notifying draft amendments to the Food Safety and Standards (Advertising and Claims) Regulations (2018). Amendments include a general principles for claims; nutrition claims; non-addition claims; procedure for redressal of non-compliance; Schedule-I on nutrient content claim; and Schedule-II on synonyms used for claims defined in the regulation. World Trade Organization (WTO) members are invited to comment on the proposed draft amendment; the timeline to provide comments is 60-days from the date of notification on the WTO website.

Exporting, Regulations & Requirements
South and Central Asia, India

Database Source:

Related Reports

View More
Attaché Report (GAIN)

Ukraine: Biotechnology and Other New Production Technologies Annual

The biotechnology regulatory system in Ukraine is still not fully developed, but the country is gradually adjusting its domestic policies to align with European Union regulations.
Attaché Report (GAIN)

Tunisia: Agricultural Biotechnology Annual

Tunisia is continuing to postpone non-urgent matters in front of major political and economic reforms. As a result, Tunisia’s biosafety framework, which was drafted in 2014, remains on hold with no timeframe for a review and parliamentary vote.
Attaché Report (GAIN)

Thailand: Rice Price - Weekly

Export prices of white and parboiled rice rose one percent from the previous week as exporters reportedly continued to secure the rice supplies to fulfill contract shipments.