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Date: 2017-10-13 Category: Extra Ordinary State: Union Government Country: India

The draft regulations further to amend the Food Safety and Standards

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Executive Summary: This notification, issued by the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India on October 12, 2017, publishes draft amendments to the Food Safety and Standards (Food Products Standards and Food Additives) Regulations, 2011. The amendments include revisions to the standards for mineral water, specifically the addition of "Spring Water". Objections or suggestions regarding these amendments must be submitted within 30 days of the gazette publication date. Key Points / Main Content: Amendments to Food Safety and Standards (Food Products Standards and Food Additives) Regulations, 2011: Regulation 2.10 Amendment: Within subregulation 2.10.7, Clause 2 and subsequent clauses are renumbered. Mineral Water Standards: Spring Water Definition: Spring water is defined as natural mineral water derived from an underground formation that flows naturally to the surface at an identified location. Collection Requirements: Spring water must be collected directly at the spring or via a borehole tapping the underground formation. Flow Requirement: A natural force must cause the water to flow to the surface through an orifice. Quality Standards: Spring water must meet the standards for mineral water as specified in clause 4, with the exception of Total Dissolved Solids (TDS) content. TDS Limit: The TDS content of spring water must not exceed 750 mg/litre. Impact Analysis: Food Safety and Standards Authority of India: Impact: Responsible for considering objections or suggestions regarding the draft regulations. Action Required: Review and consider all feedback received within the specified timeframe before finalizing the amendments. Food Product Manufacturers (Specifically, Mineral Water Producers): Impact: Must adhere to the new standards and definitions for spring water, including collection methods and TDS limits, if they produce or intend to produce spring water. Action Required: Review their production processes to ensure compliance with the new spring water standards. General Public/Consumers: Impact: May have access to a clearer definition and standards for spring water. Action Required: Review the amendments and provide suggestions/objections to the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India within 30 days, if desired.

Key Entities Referenced

Food Safety and Standards Authority of India: The regulatory body responsible for food safety and standards in India. It proposes amendments to regulations. Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006: The primary legislation governing food safety and standards in India. Central Government: The national government of India, which provides approval for the regulations proposed by FSSAI. Chief Executive Officer: The head of the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India, to whom objections or suggestions regarding the draft regulations can be addressed. FDA Bhawan, Kotla Road, New Delhi 110002: The address of the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India's office in New Delhi. Food Safety and Standards Food Products Standards and Food Additives Regulations, 2011: The principal regulations being amended by the current notification. These regulations define standards for food products and additives. Spring Water: A type of natural mineral water defined in the draft regulations, derived from an underground formation and flowing naturally to the surface. Ministry of Health and Family Welfare: The government ministry overseeing the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India.
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P.15025/262/13-पीए/एफएसएसएआई, तारीख 5 (cid:4)दस3ब र, 2014; (v) फा.सं.1-83F/वैbा-पैन-अिध/एफएसएसएआई-2012, तारीख 17 फरवरी, 2015; (vi) फा.सं.4/15015/30/2011, तारीख 4 अग5त , 2015; (vii) फा.सं. पी. 15025/263/13-पीए/एफएसएसएआई, तारीख 4 नवंबर, 2015; (viii) फा.सं. पी.15025/264/13-पीए/एफएसएसएआई, तारीख 4 नवंबर, 2015; (ix) फा.सं.7/15015/30/2012, तारीख 13 नवंबर, 2015; (x) फा.सं. पी.15025/208/2013-पीए/एफएसएसएआई, तारीख 13 नवंबर, 2015; (xi) फा.सं. पी.15025/261/2013-पीए/एफएसएसएआई, तारीख 13 नवंबर, 2015; (xii) फा.सं.1-10(1)/मानक/एसपी (मछली और मछली के उ(cid:25)प ाद)/एफएसएसएआई-2013, तारीख 11 जनवरी, 2016; (xiii) सं. 3-16/ एसपी/िविशG ठ खा(cid:16)/अिधसूचना (खा(cid:16) सहयो(cid:30)य )/एफएसएसएआई-2014, तारीख 3 मई, 2016;¹Hkkx IIIµ[k.M 4º Hkkjr dk jkti=k % vlk/kj.k 3 (xiv) फा.सं. 15-03/!व)/एफएसएसएआई/2014, तारीख 14 जून, 2016; (xv) सं. 3-14 एफ/अिधसूचना (& यूeा5य ू,टकल)/एफएसएसएआई-2013, तारीख 13 जुलाई, 2016; (xvi) फा.सं.1-12/मानक/एसपी (िमठाईयां और क&फ ै6स नरीज्)/एफएसएसएआई-2015, तारीख 15 जुलाई, 2016; (xvii) फा.सं.1-120(1)/मानक/िव(cid:4)करण/एफएसएसएआई-2015, तारीख 23 अग5त , 2016; (xviii) एफ॰ सं॰ 11/09/रेग॰/हामUनाइजेशन/2014, तारीख 5 िसतंबर, 2016; (xix) मानक/सीपीएल6 य.ूसीपी/ईएम/एफएसएसएआई-2015, तारीख 14 िसतंबर, 2016; (xx) फा.सं.11/12/रिज/!ोप/एफएसएसएआई-2016, तारीख 10 िसतंबर, 2016; (xxi) फा.सं. 1-110(2)/एसपी (जैिवक खतरे)/एफएसएसएआई/2010, तारीख 10 अ6ट ूबर, 2016; (xxii) फा.सं. मानक/एसपी (पानी और पये पदाथ)) /अिध. (2)/एफएसएसएआई-2016, तारीख 25 अ6ट ूबर, 2016; (xxiii) फा.सं.1-11(1)/मानक/एसपी (पानी और पेयपदाथ)) /एफएसएसएआई-2015, तारीख 15 नवंबर, 2016; (xxiv) फा.सं. पी.15025/93/2011-पीएफए/एफएसएसएआई, तारीख 2 (cid:4)दसंबर, 2016; (xxv) फा.स. पी.15025/6/2004-पीएफएस/एफएसएसएआई, तारीख 29 (cid:4)दसंबर, 2016; (xxvi) फा. सं. मानक/ओ.एंड एफ./िअधसूचना(1)/एफ.एस.एस.ए.आई.-2016, तारीख 31 जनवरी, 2017; (xxvii) फा. सं. 1-12/मानक/2012-एफ.एस.एस.ए.आई., तारीख 13 फरवरी, 2017; (xxviii) फा.सं. 1-10(7)/5ट>डiस)/एसपी (म(cid:25)5य और म(cid:25)5य उ(cid:25)प ाद)/एफएसएसएआई-2013, तारीख 13 फरवरी, 2017; (xxix) फाइल सं0 मनाक/एससीएसएसएंडएच/अिधसूचना(02)/एफएसएसएआई-2016, तारीख 15 मई, 2017; (xxx) फा.सं. मानक/03/अिधसूचना (एलएस)/ एफएसएसएआई -2017, तारीख 19 जून, 2017; (xxxi) फा. स. 1/योजक/मानक/14.2/अिधसूचना/एफएसएसएआई/2016, तारीख 31 जुलाई, 2017; (xxxii) एफ. सं. मानक/एफ़एवंवीपी/अिधसूचना(01)/एफएसएसएआई-2016, तारीख 2 अग5त, 2017; (xxxiii) फाइल सं. 1-94(1)/एफ़एसएसएआई/एसपी (लेबkलग)/2014, तारीख 11 िसतंबर, 2017; (xxxiv) फा.सं. मानक/एम. एंड एम.पी.आई.पी.(1)/एस.पी./एफएसएसएआई-2015, तारीख 12 िसतंबर, 2017; (xxxv) फा. सं मानक/एसपी (पानी एवं पये )/अिध. (1)/एफ़एसएसएआई/2016, तारीख 15 िसतंबर, 2017; (xxxvi) फा.सं. 1-10(8)/मानक/एसपी(मmली और मmली उ(cid:25)पाद)/एफएसएसएआई.-2013, तारीख 15 िसतंबर, 2017; और (xxxvii) एफ. सं. 2/5ट>डस/सी पी एल & सी पी/अिधसूचना/ एफएसएसएआई-2016, तारीख 18 िसतंबर, 2017।4 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY [PART III—SEC. 4] MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (FOOD SAFETY AND STANDARDS AUTHORITY OF INDIA) NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 12th October, 2017 F.No. Stds/SP(Water & Beverages)/Notif(3)/FSSAI-2016.- The draft regulations further to amend the Food Safety and Standards (Food Products Standards and Food Additives) Regulations, 2011, which the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India proposes to make with previous approval of the Central Government, in exercise of the powers conferred by clause (e) of sub-section (2) of section 92 read with section 16 of the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006 (34 of 2006) is hereby published as required under sub-section (1) of section 92 of the said Act for the information of all persons likely to be affected thereby, and notice is hereby given that the said draft regulations shall be taken into consideration after the expiry of the period of thirty days from the date on which copies of the Gazette in which this notification is published are made available to the public; Objections or suggestions, if any, may be addressed to the Chief Executive Officer, Food Safety and Standards Authority of India, FDA Bhawan, Kotla Road, New Delhi- 110002 or may be sent by e-mail at regulation@fssai.gov.in; Objections or suggestions which may be received with respect to the said draft regulations within the period specified above shall be considered by the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India. Draft Regulations 2. These regulations may be called the Food Safety and Standards (Food Products Standards and Food Additives) ………….. Amendment Regulations, 2017. 3. In the Food Safety and Standards (Food Products Standards and Food Additives) Regulations, 2011, in regulation 2.10, in sub-regulation 2.10.7,- (a) after clause 2 relating to ‘Description and types of mineral water’, the subsequent clauses ‘2’ & ‘3’ shall be re- numbered as ‘3’ & ‘4’ respectively; (b) in clause 2, after sub-clause (vi) relating to ‘Carbonated Natural Mineral Water’, the following shall be inserted, namely: - ‘(vii) Spring Water - Spring water is natural mineral water which is derived from an underground formation from which water flows naturally to the surface of the earth at an identified location. Spring water shall be collected only at the spring or through a borehole tapping the underground formation feeding the spring. There shall be a natural force causing the water to flow to the surface through an orifice. The product shall conform to the standards for mineral water as specified in clause 4 of this sub-regulation, except Total Dissolved Solids (TDS) content. “TDS of the product shall be not more than 750 mg/litre".’. PAWAN AGARWAL, Chief Executive Officer [ADVT-III/4/Exty./269/17] Note. - The principal regulations were published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary vide notification number F. No. 2-15015/30/2010, dated the 1st August, 2011 and subsequently amended vide notification numbers: (i) F.No. 4/15015/30/2011, dated the 7th June, 2013; (ii) F.No. P.15014/1/2011-PFA/FSSAI, dated the 27th June, 2013; (iii) F.No. 5/15015/30/2012, dated the 12th July, 2013; (iv) F.No. P.15025/262/13-PA/FSSAI, dated the 5th December, 2014; (v) F.No. 1-83F/Sci-Pan-Noti/FSSAI-2012, dated the 17th February, 2015; (vi) F.No. 4/15015/30/2011, dated the 4th August, 2015;¹Hkkx IIIµ[k.M 4º Hkkjr dk jkti=k % vlk/kj.k 5 (vii) F.No P. 15025/263/13-PA/FSSAI, dated the 4th November, 2015; (viii) F.No. P.15025/264/13-PA/FSSAI, dated the 4th November, 2015; (ix) F.No. 7/15015/30/2012, dated the 13th November, 2015; (x) F.No. P.15025/208/2013-PA/FSSAI, dated the 13th November, 2015; (xi) F.No P.15025/261/2013-PA/FSSAI, dated the 13th November, 2015; (xii) F.No.1-10(1)/Standards/SP (Fish and Fisheries Products)/FSSAI-2013, dated the 11th January, 2016; (xiii) No. 3-16/ Specified Foods/Notification (Food Additive)/FSSAI-2014, dated the 3rd May, 2016; (xiv) F.No. 15-03/Enf/FSSAI/2014, dated the 14th June, 2016; (xv) No. 3-14F/Notification (Nutraceuticals) /FSSAI-2013, dated the 13th July, 2016; (xvi) F.No. 1-12/Standards/SP (Sweets, Confectionery)/FSSAI-2015, dated the 15th July, 2016; (xvii) F.No. 1-120(1)/Standards/Irradiation/FSSAI-2015, dated the 23rd August, 2016; (xviii) F.No. 11/09/Reg/Harmoniztn/2014; dated the 5th September, 2016; (xix) Stds/CPLQ.CP/EM/FSSAI-2015, dated the 14th September, 2016; (xx) F.No. 11/12/Reg/Prop/FSSAI-2016, dated the 10th October, 2016; (xxi) F.No. 1-110(2)/SP (Biological Hazards)/FSSAI/2010, dated the 10th October, 2016; (xxii) F.No. Stds/SP (Water & Beverages)/Notif (2)/FSSAI-2016, dated the 25th October, 2016; (xxiii) F. No.1-11(1)/Standards/SP(Water & Beverages)/FSSAI-2015, dated the 15th November, 2016; (xxiv) F.No. P.15025/93/2011-PFA/FSSAI, dated the 2nd December, 2016; (xxv) F. No. P.15025/6/2004-PFS/FSSAI, dated the 29th December, 2016; (xxvi) F. No. Stds/O&F/Notification(1)/FSSAI-2016, dated the 31st January, 2017; (xxvii) F.No. 1-12/Standards/2012-FSSAI, dated the 13th February, 2017; (xxviii) F.No.1-10(7)/Standards/SP (Fish & Fisheries Products)/FSSAI-2013, dated the 13th February, 2017; (xxix) F. No. Stds /SCSS&H/ Notification (02)/FSSAI-2016, dated the 15th May, 2017; (xxx) F.No. Stds/03/Notification (LS)/FSSAI-2017, dated the 19th June, 2017; (xxxi) F.No. 1/Additives/Stds/14.2Notification/FSSAI/2016, dated the 31st July, 2017; (xxxii) F.No. Stds/F&VP/Notification(01)/FSSAI-2016, dated the 2nd August, 2017; (xxxiii) F.No. 1-94(1)/FSSAI/SP(Labelling)/2014, dated the 11th September, 2017; (xxxiv) F.No. Stds/M&MPIP(1)/SP/FSSAI-2015, dated the 12th September, 2017; (xxxv) No. Stds/SP (Water & Beverages)/Noti(1)/FSSAI-2016, dated the 15th September, 2017; (xxxvi) F.No. 1-10(8)/Standards/SP (Fish and Fisheries Products)/FSSAI-2013, dated the 15th September, 2017; and (xxxvii) File No. 2/Stds/CPL & CP/Notification/FSSAI-2016, dated the 18th September, 2017. Uploaded by Dte. of Printing at Government of India Press, Ring Road, Mayapuri, New Delhi-110064 and Published by the Controller of Publications, Delhi-110054.

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