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On April 13, 2021, the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) notified provisions for licensing and registration of fortified food products in its Food Safety and Compliance System (FOSCOS).

On April 9, 2021, the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) published a draft guidance document – Standard Operating Procedures to Fix Maximum Residue Levels (MRLs) for Pesticides.

On April 16, the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) forecasted a normal 2021 Southwest Monsoon, suggesting that June to September rainfall will likely be 98 percent of the Long Period Average (LPA) of 88 cm.

Assuming normal rainfall and favorable weather conditions, India’s centrifugal sugar production in marketing year (MY) 2021/22 (October-September) is forecast to grow three percent to 34.7 million metric tons (MMT) (equivalent to 31.8 MMT of crystal white sugar) on a sugarcane production forecast of 389 MMT.

FAS New Delhi (Post) secured confirmation from the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India that prunes from plums (Prunus domestica) are a processed food product (dried fruit), and as such are not subject to the non-Genetically Modified (GM) cum GM-Free status certificate requirement.

On April 5, 2021, the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India published corrections to its final Food Safety and Standards (Foods for Infant Nutrition) Regulations (2020).

The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India published in the Gazette of India on March 4, 2021 and on March 9 listed on its website the notification Food Safety and Standards (Food Products Standards and Food Additives) First Amendment Regulations ( 2021)

On March 22, 2021, the Government of Delhi announced a new alcoholic beverage excise tax policy impacting the capital region

Effective March 1, 2021, the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) requires a certificate for Non-Genetically Modified (GM) and GM-Free status for all apples, all origins being imported into the country.

Post forecasts India’s MY 2021/22 cotton production will increase by three percent to 29.7 million 480 lb. bales on a lower area of 13 million hectares.

India is heading for its fifth consecutive bumper wheat harvest in the upcoming marketing year thanks to favorable weather conditions in the major wheat growing areas.

Assuming a normal 2021 monsoon season (June-September) and favorable weather conditions, India’s total oilseed production in market year (MY) 2021/22 (October-September) is forecast to rise four percent to 39.9 million metric tons (MMT), based on expectations of near normal oilseed crop yields.