Executive Summary:
This notification from the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) publishes draft amendments to the Food Safety and Standards (Prohibition and Restriction on Sales) Regulations, 2011. The amendments concern the restriction of trans fatty acids in food products containing edible oils and fats. Stakeholders are invited to submit objections or suggestions within 30 days of the notification's publication in the Official Gazette. The new limit on trans fatty acids will be effective from January 1, 2022.
Key Points / Main Content:
* **Purpose:** To amend the Food Safety and Standards (Prohibition and Restriction on Sales) Regulations, 2011.
* **Amendment Focus:** Restriction of trans fatty acids in food products.
**Specific Regulation Amendment:**
* In regulation 2.3, a new clause 21 is inserted after clause 20 in sub-regulation 2.3.14.
* Clause 21 states that food products using edible oils and fats as ingredients must not contain more than 2% trans fatty acids by weight of the total oils/fats present.
* This regulation is effective from January 1, 2022.
**Stakeholder Engagement:**
* The draft regulations are published for public comment.
* Objections or suggestions can be submitted to the Chief Executive Officer, FSSAI.
* The deadline for submitting feedback is 30 days after the gazette publication date.
* Submissions can be sent via email to regulationfssai.gov.in or by mail.
Impact Analysis:
**Food Manufacturers:**
* Impact: Manufacturers of food products containing edible oils and fats must comply with the new trans fatty acid limit.
* Action Required: Reformulate products to ensure trans fatty acid content does not exceed 2% by January 1, 2022.
**Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI):**
* Impact: Responsible for enforcing the amended regulations.
* Action Required: Review and consider any objections or suggestions received during the public comment period. Disseminate the final regulations and ensure compliance.
**Consumers:**
* Impact: Consumers will have access to food products with lower levels of trans fatty acids.
* Action Required: No direct action required, but consumers can provide feedback during the public comment period.
**Central Government:**
* Impact: Previously approved the regulations.
* Action Required: No direct action required unless FSSAI recommends further changes based on feedback.
Key Entities Referenced
Food Safety and Standards Authority of India: An authority that proposes to amend the Food Safety and Standards Prohibition and Restriction on sales Regulations, 2011.
Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006: The act under which the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India exercises its powers.
Central Government: The government body that provides approval to the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India.
Food Safety and Standards Prohibition and Restriction on sales Regulations, 2011: The principal regulations being amended.
New Delhi: Location of the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India office, where objections or suggestions can be addressed.
Pawan Agarwal: Chief Executive Officer, Food Safety and Standards Authority of India.
Official Gazette: The gazette in which the notification regarding the draft regulations is published.
1st January, 2022: The date from which food products containing edible oils and fats shall not contain trans fatty acids more than 2% by weight.
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MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
(Food Safety and Standards Authority of India)
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 28th August, 2019
F. No. Stds/O&F/Notification (13)/FSSAI-2019.—The following draft of certain regulations, further
to amend the Food Safety and Standards (Prohibition and Restriction on sales) 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 under section 92 of the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006
(34 of 2006) is hereby published as required by the said 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 Official 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, Food and Drug Administration Bhawan, Kotla Road, New Delhi- 110002 or
sent on email at regulation@fssai.gov.in.
Objections or suggestions, which may be received from any person with respect to the said draft
regulations before the expiry of period so specified, will be considered by the Food Authority.
Draft Regulations
1. Short title and commencement-(1) These regulations may be called the Food Safety and Standards
(Prohibition and Restriction on sales) Amendment Regulations, 2019.
2. In the Food Safety and Standards (Prohibition and Restriction on sales) Regulations, 2011, in
regulation 2.3, for sub-regulation 2.3.14, after clause 20, following clause shall be inserted namely: -
“21. Food Products in which edible oils and fats are used as an ingredient shall not contain trans fatty
acids more than 2% by weight of the total oils/fats present in the product, on and from 1st January,
2022.”
PAWAN AGARWAL, Chief Executive Officer
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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 8th February, 2013.
(ii) F. No. Stds/O&F/Notification (2)/FSSAI-2016, dated the 23rd August, 2016.
(iii) F. No. Stds/F&VP/Notification (02)/FSSAI-2016, dated the 23rd August, 2016 and
(iv) F. No. Stds/O&F/Notification (8)/FSSAI-2017, dated the 31st July, 2018.
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