Executive Summary:
This notification from the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) announces draft amendments to the Food Safety and Standards Packaging and Labelling Regulations, 2011. It mandates specific labeling requirements for food service establishments and e-commerce food business operators. Objections or suggestions regarding the draft regulations must be submitted within thirty days of the official gazette publication.
Key Points / Main Content:
* **Amendment Overview:**
* The document proposes amendments to the Food Safety and Standards Packaging and Labelling Regulations, 2011.
* **Calorie Display Requirements:**
* Food service establishments with a central license or outlets at 10 or more locations must display the calorific value of each food item on menu cards or boards.
* Reference information on the average adult daily requirement of 2000 Kcal must also be prominently displayed.
* **Point of Sale Information:**
* Food service establishments must display specific information at the point of sale or service, including:
* Allergen information.
* Veg/non-veg logo.
* Information on organic food or ingredients.
* Information on gluten content.
* Statutory declarations.
* **E-commerce Requirements:**
* E-commerce food business operators must provide the same menu information, where applicable, linked to each food service establishment on their platform.
* **Exemptions:**
* The regulations do not apply to:
* Event caterers and food service premises operating for less than 60 days per year (consecutively or non-consecutively).
* Free self-serve condiments not listed on the menu.
* Special-order items or modified meals requested by customers.
* **Nutritional Information Availability:**
* Food service establishments must keep written nutritional information available in booklets, handouts, or on their website, to be provided to consumers upon request.
Impact Analysis:
* **Food Service Establishments:**
* Impact: Increased compliance costs and operational adjustments to meet labeling and display requirements.
* Action Required: Implement necessary changes to menus, boards, and online platforms; ensure staff are trained to provide nutritional information.
* **E-commerce Food Business Operators:**
* Impact: Modifications to online platforms to incorporate required labeling information.
* Action Required: Update platforms to display required information for each food service establishment.
* **Consumers:**
* Impact: Increased transparency and access to nutritional information, enabling informed food choices.
* Action Required: Utilize available information to make informed decisions.
* **Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI):**
* Impact: Overseeing and enforcing the new regulations.
* Action Required: Review feedback on draft regulations, finalize and publish the amendments, and develop guidelines for enforcement.
Key Entities Referenced
Food Safety and Standards Authority of India: An authority that proposes to amend the Food Safety and Standards Packaging and Labelling Regulations, 2011.
Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006: The Act under which the current notification regarding amendments to packaging and labeling regulations is being published.
Food Safety and Standards Packaging and Labelling Regulations, 2011: The principal regulations being amended by this notification.
Central Government: The governing body whose approval is required by the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India to make amendments.
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare: The ministry under which the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India operates.
New Delhi: The location of the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India office.
Official Gazette: The official publication where the final regulations will be published.
Ecommerce Food Business Operators: Operators which are required to provide nutritional information in the menu linked with each food service establishment on their platform.
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(ii) फा. सं. पी.15014/1/2011-पी.एफ.ए./एफ.एस.एस.ए.आई., तारीख 27 जून, 2013;
(iii) फा. सं. 1-83एल./एससीआई.पैन-अिध./एफ.एस.एस.ए.आई.-2012, तारीख 17 फरवरी, 2015;
(iv) सं0 3-16/िविनDद)Eए खा(cid:14)/अिधसूचना (खा(cid:14) लेब(cid:23)लंग)/एफएसएसएआई-2014, तारीख 3 मई , 2016;
(v) फा.सं.1(94)2015/अिधसूचना पी एंड एल/!व,/एफ.एस.एस.ए.आई, तारीख 25 मई, 2016;
(vi) सं. 3-14पी /अिधसूचना (Mयूmाि4टक(cid:6)स)/एफ़एसएसएआई -2013, तारीख 13 जुलाई, 2016 और
(vii) फा.सं. 1-120(2)/मानक/(cid:4)करिणत/एफएसएसएआई-2015, तारीख 23 अग4त, 2016।
MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
(Food Safety and Standards Authority of India)
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 8th October, 2018
F. No. REG-18/Menu Labelling/FSSAI-2018.— The following draft of certain regulations to further to amend
the Food Safety and Standards (Packaging and Labelling) 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 sub-section (1) and clause (k) of sub-section (2) of section 92 read with section 23 of the Food Safety and¹Hkkx IIIµ[k.M 4º Hkkjr dk jkti=k % vlk/kj.k 3
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 the 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, FDA Bhawan, Kotla Road, New Delhi-110002 or sent on email at regulation@fssai.gov.in;
The objections and suggestions, which may be received from any person with respect to the said draft
regulations before the expiry of the period so specified, will be considered by the Food Authority.
Draft Regulations
1. (1) These regulations may be called the Food Safety and Standards (Packaging and Labelling) Amendment
Regulations, 2018.
(2) They shall come into force on the date of their final publication in the official Gazette.
2. In the Food Safety and Standards (Packaging and Labelling) Regulations, 2011 (herein after refer as said regulations),
(1) In regulation 2.4, after sub-regulation 2.4.4, the following sub-regulation shall be inserted, namely:-
“2.4.5: Display of information in food service establishments
(1) Food Service Establishments having Central license or outlets at 10 or more locations shall display the calorific value
of each of the food items sold by them on their menu cards or boards. Additionally, reference information on the
requirements of 2000 Kcal energy for an average adult per day shall also be displayed clearly and prominently.
(2) Food Service Establishments shall display the information specified below at the point of sale or service of the
food:
(a) any warning/gluten free and low gluten status in food; and
(e) information relating to statutory declarations required under these regulations;
(b) information relating to allergens in the food;
(c) logo for veg or non-veg;
(d) information relating to organic food or ingredients.
(3) E-commerce Food Business Operators shall also provide this information in the menu linked with each food service
establishment on their platform, where applicable.
(4) These provisions shall not be applicable to the following:
(a) Event caterers and Food Service premises that operate for less than 60 days in a calendar year
(consecutively or non-consecutively).
(b) Self-serve condiments that are free of charge and not listed on the menu.
(c) Special-order items or modified meals and menu items as per customer’s request.
(5) Food Service Establishments shall also keep written nutritional information on the food items sold by them in the
form of booklets or handouts or on their website which shall be provided to consumers upon request.
PAWAN AGARWAL, Chief Executive Officer
[ADVT.-III/4/Exty./295/18]4 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY [PART III—SEC. 4]
Note. – The principal regulations were published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part III, Section 4 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. 1-83L/Sci. Pan- Noti/FSSAI-2012, dated the 17th February, 2015;
(iv) No. 3-16/ Specified Foods/Notification(Food Labelling)/FSSAI-2014, dated 3rd May, 2016;
(v) F. No. 1(94)2015/Notification P&L/Enf/FSSAI, dated 25th May, 2016;
(vi) No.3-14P/Notification(Nutraceuticals)/FSSAI-2013, dated 13th July, 2016 and
(vii) F. No. 1-120(2)/Standards/Irradiation/FSSAI-2015, dated 23rd August, 2016.
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