Date: 2017-06-19Category: Extra OrdinaryState: Union GovernmentCountry: India
The following draft regulations which the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India FSSAI proposes to make with the previous approval of the Central
Executive Summary:
This notification from the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) publishes draft regulations regarding organic foods. These regulations, titled the Food Safety and Standards (Organic Foods) Regulations, 2017, aim to set standards for the manufacture, sale, and import of organic foods. The public has 30 days from the date the notification is available to submit objections or suggestions to the FSSAI.
Key Points / Main Content:
* **General Provisions**
* The regulations are called the Food Safety and Standards (Organic Foods) Regulations, 2017.
* They will come into force from the date of their final publication in the Official Gazette.
* **Organic Food Requirements**
* Organic foods must comply with requirements under these regulations.
* Food sold as organic must comply with the National Programme for Organic Production (NPOP), Participatory Guarantee System for India (PGS-India), or other systems notified by the Food Authority.
* Direct sales of organic food by producers to consumers are exempt from compliance verification, except for processed organic food products.
* **Labelling and Packaging**
* Labelling must accurately convey the product's organic status.
* Products must carry a certification or quality assurance mark from an approved system and the FSSAI logo.
* Packaging and labelling must comply with the Food Safety and Standards (Packaging and Labelling) Regulations, 2011.
* **Traceability**
* Traceability must be established to the producer level.
* Must include any other requirements prescribed by the Food Authority to maintain the organic integrity of the food product.
* **Compliance and Display**
* Organic foods must also comply with relevant provisions of the Food Safety and Standards (Food Product Standards and Food Additives) Regulations, 2011, and the Food Safety and Standards (Contaminants, Toxins and Residues) Regulations, 2011.
* Retailers must display organic food in a manner distinguishable from conventional food.
* Non-compliance will attract penalties under the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006.
* **Imports and Reciprocity**
* Organic food imports under agreements based on equivalent standards with the National Programme for Organic Production do not require re-certification in India, provided they comply with the Act and its rules.
* These imports must have a transaction certificate from an Accredited Certification Body.
* **Implementation**
* The Food Authority may establish mechanisms to implement these regulations and promote authentic organic food.
Impact Analysis:
**Food Manufacturers, Packers, Sellers, Distributors, and Importers:**
* Impact: Must comply with the new regulations regarding organic food production, labelling, and certification. Potential changes to production processes, supply chains, and labelling practices may be needed.
* Action Required: Review and update practices to comply with the regulations, including obtaining necessary certifications and ensuring accurate labelling.
**Consumers:**
* Impact: Increased assurance regarding the authenticity and quality of organic food products.
* Action Required: Be aware of the new labelling requirements and certification marks to make informed purchasing decisions.
**Certification Bodies and Accreditation Agencies:**
* Impact: Must adhere to the new regulations and potentially adjust their certification processes.
* Action Required: Ensure accreditation processes align with the FSSAI's requirements and provide necessary certifications to food businesses.
**Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI):**
* Impact: Responsible for implementing and enforcing the new regulations.
* Action Required: Establish institutional mechanisms for implementation, address public feedback, and ensure compliance through monitoring and enforcement activities.
Key Entities Referenced
Food Safety and Standards Authority of India: An authority established under Section 4 of the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006. It is responsible for regulating and monitoring the safety and standards of food in India.
Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006: A law enacted by the Parliament of India to consolidate the laws relating to food safety and standards.
National Programme for Organic Production: A program of the Government of India providing an institutional mechanism for implementation of National Standards for Organic Production with a third-party certification control system.
Participatory Guarantee System for India: A quality assurance initiative for organic production operated by the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare outside the framework of third party certification.
Food Safety and Standards Organic Foods Regulations, 2017: Regulations pertaining to the manufacturing, packing, selling, marketing, distribution, and import of organic foods in compliance with specified requirements.
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare: The Indian government ministry responsible for health policy in India.
New Delhi: The location where the notification was issued, located in Delhi State.
Food and Drug Administration Bhawan, Kotla Road, New Delhi 110002: Address to which objections or suggestions regarding the draft regulations may be addressed.
REGD. NO. D. L.-33004/99
EXTRAORDINARY
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PART III—Section 4
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
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No. 243] NEW DELHI, MONDAY, JUNE 19, 2017/JYAISTHA 29, 1939
स्व ास््य औरपररवारकल्य ाणमराल् ा य
(भारतीयखाद्यसुरक्षाऔरमानकप्राधधकरण)
अधधसचू ना
नईददल् ी,19जून,2017
फा.स.्सीपीबी/03/स्टैंड्सफ/सफससससस2ई/201 .- भारतीयखाद्यसुरक्षाऔरमानकप्राधधकरण(सफ.सस.सस.स.2ई),केंद्र
सरकारकेपूवाफनुमोदनसे,खाद्यसुरक्षाऔरमानकअधधधनयम,200 (200 का34)कीधारा22कीउप-धारा3केसाथपरठतधारा
92कीउप-धारा(2)केख्ड(ड)द्वाराप्रदत्तकधतियय काप्रयोगकरतेुस,उनसभीव्यधतियय कीजानकारीकेध सउतियउपधारा(1)की
अपेक्षाकेअनुसारप्रकाधकतदकयाजाताहैं धजनकेउससेप्रभाधवतहोनेदकस्भावनाहैऔरयहसूचनादीजातीहैदकउक्तप्रारूप
धवधनयम परउसधतधथसे,धजसकोउसराजपरालकीप्रधतया,धजसमेंयहअधधसूचनाप्रकाधकतदकजातीहै जनताकोउप ब्धकरादी
जातीहैतीसददन कीअवधधकीसमाधिकेपश्चातधवचारदकयाजासगा;
2क्षेपयासुझाव,यददकोईहो,कोमुख्य कायफकारीअधधकारी,भारतीयखाद्यसुरक्षाऔरमानकप्राधधकरण,सफ.डी.सभवन,
कोट ारोड,नईददल् ी-110002कोयाregulation@fssai.gov.inकेई-मे पते परभेजेजासकतेहै।
उक्तप्रारूपधवधनयम केस्ब्धमेंदकसीव्यधतियसेप्राि2क्षेप यासुझाव परधवधनर्ददष्टअवधधकेअवसानसेपूवफखाद्य
प्राधधकरणद्वाराधवचारदकयाजासगा;
प्रारूपधवधनयम
अध्याय1
साधारण
1. सध् क्षतनामसव्प्रार्भ–(1)इनधवधनयम कास्धक्षिनामखाद्यसुरक्षाऔरमानक(जैवखाद्य)धवधनयम,2017है।
(2) येराजपरालमेंअ्धतमप्रकाकनकीधतधथसेप्रवृत्तह गे।
2. पररभाषासँ-(1)इनधवधनयम म,ेंजबतकदकसन्दभफसेअन्यथाअपेधक्षतनहो,-
3799 GI/20172 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY [PART III—SEC. 4]
(क) ‘’अधधधनयम’’सेखाद्यसुरक्षाऔरमानकअधधधनयम,200 (200 का34)अधभप्रेतहै;
(ख) ‘’प्रत्यायनधनकाय’’सेखाद्यप्राधधकरणद्वाराइसरूपमेंमान्यता-प्राियाप्रमाणनस्स्थाओं ककेप्रत्यायनकेध सरारीयजैधवक
उत्पादनकायफरम मकेअधीनमान्यता-प्राप्त कोईअधभकरणअधभप्रेतहै;
(ग) ‘’प्रत्याधयतप्रमाणनधनकाय’’सेदकसीप्रत्यायनस्स्थाद्वाराजैधवकउत्पाद केप्रमाणनऔरउसकी रसेखाद्यकारोबाररय
कोप्रमाणनमुहरकेउपयोगकाअधधकारदने ेवा ासम्यकरूपसेप्रत्याधयतकोईस्गठनअधभप्रेतहै;
(घ) ‘’दावा’’सेकोईऐसाप्रधतवेदनअधभप्रेतहै,धजसमेंकथनयासुझावहोयाधजससेयहअधभप्रेतहोदकदकसीखाद्यमेंउसकी
उत्पधि,पौषधणकगुणधमफ,प्रकृधत,प्रस्स्करणऔरसधम्म्म्रणणकेसम्बन्धमेंकोईधवधकष्टगुणहै;
(ङ) ‘’खाद्यप्राधधकरण’’सेखाद्यसुरक्षाऔरमानकअधधधनयम,200 कीधारा4केअधीनस्थाधपतभारतीयखाद्यसुरक्षाऔर
मानकप्राधधकरणअधभप्रेतहै;
(च) ‘’रारीयजैधवकउत्पादनकायफरम म’’सेभारतसरकारकाऐसाकायफरम मअधभप्रेतहै ,जोधवदके व्यापार(धवकासऔरधवधनयमन)
अधधधनयम,1992केअधीनअ्तगफतरारीयजैधवकउत्पादनमानक केकायाफन्वयनकेध समहाधनदके क,धवदके व्यापार
द्वारायथाअधधसूधचततृतीयपक्षप्रमाणनधनय्रालणप्रणा ीवा ीस्स्थागतप्रणा ीकाउपब्धकरताहै;
(छ) ‘’जैवउत्पादनमानक’’सेखाद्यप्राधधकरणयारारीयजैवउत्पादनमानकयाभारतकेध सप्रत्याभूधतप्रणा ीद्वारामान्यता
प्रािमानकअधभप्रेतह,ैधजनकाअनुपा नजैवखाद्यउत्पाद कीखेतीयाकटाईयाउत्पादनयाभ्डारणयाप्रस्स्करणया
व्यापारऔरधवधनवेक मेंदकयाजानाहै;
(ज) ‘’जैवकृधष’’सेरसायन ,उवफरक ,पेस्टीसाइड जैसीस् ेधषतबाहरीसामधोय ,स् ेधषतहारमोन याजीन-पररवर्ततत
जीवाणुओं ककेउपयोगकेधबनाकृधषउत्पादनकापरधस्थधतकत्रालतैयारकरनेकेध सफामफधडजाइनऔरप्रब्धनकीप्रणा ी
अधभप्रेतह;ै
(झ) ‘’जैवखेतीउत्पाद’’सेजैवकृधषसेप्राप्त उपजअधभप्रेतहै;
(ञ) ‘’जैवखाद्य’’सेजैवउत्पादनकेधवधनर्ददटमानक केअनुसारउत्पाददतखाद्यउत्पादअधभप्रेतह;ै
(ट) ‘भारतकेध सप्रत्याभूधतप्रणा ी’’सेऐसेतृतीयपक्षप्रमाणनकेढाँचेसेप्रथकजोउत्पादक ,उपभोक्ताओं कऔरअन्यपणधाररयो
कीभागीदारीपरब दते ाहैबाहरकृधषऔरकृषककल्याणम्राला यद्वारास्चाध तजैवउत्पादनकेध सगुणता2वासन
पह अधभप्रेतहै;
(2)उनसभीअन्यकब्द औरपद के,जोइसमेंप्रयुक्तहैऔरपररभाधषतनह है,दकन्तुअधधधनयमयाउसकेअधीनबनेधनयम
याधवधनयम मेंपररभाधषतह,ैवाहीअथफहोगेजोउसअधधधनयम,धनयम अथवाधवधनयम ,रम मकः,मेंह।ैंIII 3
अध्याय2
जैवखाद्य ेबल गऔरप्रमाणन
3. कोईव्यधतियदकसीऐसेजैवखाद्यकाधनमाफण,पैककग,धवरम य,धवरम यकेध सप्रस्ताव,धवपणनयाअन्यथाधवतरणया2यात
नह करेगा,जोइनधवधनयम मेंधनधाफररतअपेक्षाओं ककाअनुपा ननह करता।
4. ‘’जैवखाद्य’’केरूपमेंधबरम ीकेध सप्रस्ताधवतयासमर्तथतखाद्यधनम्नध धखतमेंसेदकसीसकप्रणा ीकेसभी ागूउपब्ध
काअनुपा नकरेगे,अथाफत्:-
(i) रारीयजैवउत्पादनकायफरम म(सन.पी. .पी);
(ii) भारतकेध सप्रत्याभूधतप्रणा ी’(पी.जी.सस-इ्धडया);
(iii) खाद्यप्राधधकरणद्वारासमय-समयपरयथाअधधसूधचतअन्यकोईप्रणा ीयामानक।
5. मू उत्पादकयाउत्पादकस्गठनद्वाराअ्त्यउपभोक्ताकोसीधेधबरम ीकेध सधवपणनहते ुजैवखाद्यकोअनुपा नकेप्रमाणन
की2वयकतासेछूटहैऔरयहछूटप्रस्स्कृतजैवखाद्यउत्पाद पर ागूनह ह।ै
6. ेबल गपरउत्पादकीजैवीयधस्थधतकेबारेमेंपूरीऔरसही-सहीजानकारीहोगी।ऐसेउत्पादपरभारतीयखाद्यसुरक्षाऔर
मानकप्राधधकरणके‘प्रतीक’केअधतररक्तधवधनयम4मेंउधल् धखतप्रणाध य मेंसेदकसीसकप्रणा ीकागुणविा2वासनप्रमाणनया
उसकीमुहरहोगी।
7. सभीजैवखाद्यधवधनयम4मेंउधल् धखतप्रणाध य मेंसे ागूदकसीसकप्रणा ीकी ेबल गअपेक्षाओं ककेअधतररक्तखाद्य
सुरक्षाऔरमानक(पैकेजब्दीऔर ेबल ग)धवधनयम,2011मेंधवधनर्ददटपैकेजब्दीऔर ेबल गअपेक्षाओं ककाअनुपा नकरेंगे।
8. उत्पादकीखोजधवधनयम4मेंउधल् धखतप्रणाध य केअधीन ागूउत्पादकस्तरतकहोगीऔरखाद्यउत्पादकीजैधवक
पूणफताकोबनासरखनेकेध सउत्पादमेंखाद्यप्राधधकरणद्वाराधवधहतकोईअन्यअपेक्षासधम्मध तहोगी।
9. सभीजैवखाद्यइनधवधनयम केउपब्ध परप्रधतकू प्रभावडा ेधबनाखाद्यसुरक्षाऔरमानक(खाद्यउत्पायदमानकसव्
खाद्यसहयोज्य)धवधनयम, 2011,खाद्यसुरक्षाऔरमानक(स्दषू क, अधवषतथाअवधकष्ट)धवनयम, 2011,अधधधनयमऔरउसकेअधीन
बनेधनयम औरधवधनयम यथा ागूउपब्ध काअनुपा नकरेंगे।
10. जैवखाद्यकेसभीधवरम ेतायातोअके े,याअपनेखुदराकारोबारकेअ्गरूपमें,ऐसेखाद्यकोपार्पररकखाद्यकेप्रदकफनसे
स्पटत:अ गरीतीसेप्रदर्तकतकरेंगे।
11. इनधवधनयम केउपब्ध काअपा नअधधधनयमकेअधीनदड् ात्म कउपब्ध2कर्तषतकरेंगेऔरझूठे,भ्रामकयाकपटपूणफदावे
केध सदायीह गे।
अध्याय3
2यातऔरधवधनमय
12. रारीयजैवउत्पादनकायफरम मऔरस्ब्धधतधनयाफतकदके केजैवमानक कीसमतुल्यताके2धारपरुसधद्वपक्षीयया
बुपक्षीयसमझौत केअधीनजैवखाद्य केभारतमें2यातकेध सपुन:प्रमाणनअधधधनयमतथाउसकेअ्तगफतबनेधनयम और
धवधनयम केउपब्ध काअनुपा नकेअध्यधीनअपेधक्षतनह होगा।
13. धवधनयम12केअनुसार,सभीजैधवकखाद्यपरेषनोकेसाथसमतुल्यकरारकेधनब्धनोकेअ्तगफत2नेवा ेप्रत्याधयत
प्रमाणनधनकायद्वारास्व्यवहारप्रमाणपरालस् ग्नहोगा।4 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY [PART III—SEC. 4]
अध्याय4
साधारण
14. खाद्यप्राधधकरणइनधवधनयम केकायाफन्वयनऔरदके मेंप्रामाधणकजैवखाद्यकेस्वधफनकेध सकोईउपयुक्तस्स्थागत
प्रणा ीस्थ ाधपतकरसकेगा।
पवनअोवा ,मुख्य कायफकारीअधधकारी
[foKkiu-III@4@vlk-@111@17]
MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
(Food Safety and Standards Authority of India)
Notification
New Delhi, the 19th June, 2017.
F. No. CPB/03/Standards/FSSAI/2016.—The following draft regulations, which the Food Safety and
Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) proposes to make with the previous approval of the Central Government, in
exercise of powers conferred by clause (v) of sub-section (2) of section 92 read with sub-section (3) of section 22 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 a period of thirty days from the date on which the copies
of the Official Gazette containing this notification 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 send it to the e-mail
address of the Food Authority at regulation@fssai.gov.in ;
The objections or suggestions which may be received from any person with respect to the said draft regulations
before the expiry of the period specified above shall be considered by the Food Authority.
Draft Regulations
CHAPTER I
GENERAL
1. Short title and commencement- (1) These regulations may be called the Food Safety and Standards (Organic Foods)
Regulations, 2017.
(2) They shall come into force from the date of their final publication in the Official Gazette.
2. Definitions- (1) In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires,-
(a) ―Act‖ means the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006 (34 of 2006);
(b) ―Accreditation Body‖ means any agency recognised as such by the Food Authority or recognised
under the National Programme for Organic Production for accreditation of certification bodies;III 5
(c) ―Accredited Certification Body‖ means an organisation duly accredited by an Accreditation body
for certification of organic products and for granting the right to use the certification mark to the
food business operators on behalf of the Accreditation Body;
(d) ―Claim‖ means any representation which states, suggests or implies that a food has particular
qualities relating to its origin, nutritional properties, nature, processing and composition;
(e) ―Food Authority‖ means the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India established under
section 4 of the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006;
(f) ―National Programme for Organic Production‖ means a programme of the Government of India
which provides an institutional mechanism for implementation of the National Standards for
Organic Production with a third-party certification control system as notified by the Director
General of Foreign Trade under the Foreign Trade (Development and Regulation) Act, 1992;
(g) ‖Standards for Organic Production‖ means any standards recognised by the Food Authority or the
National Standards for Organic Production or Participatory Guarantee System for India to be
followed in cultivation or harvest or production or storage or processing or trading of organic food
products and Inputs;
(h) ―Organic agriculture‖ means a system of farm design and management to create an eco system of
agriculture production without the use of synthetic external inputs such as chemicals, fertilizers,
pesticides and synthetic hormones or Genetically Modified Organisms;
(i) ―Organic farm produce‖ means the produce obtained from organic agriculture;
(j) ―Organic food‖ means food products that have been produced in accordance with specified
standards for organic production;
(k) ―Participatory Guarantee System for India‖ means a quality assurance initiative for organic
production operated by the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmer‘s Welfare outside the framework of
third party certification which emphasizes the the participation of producers, consumers and other
stakeholder.
(2) All the other words and expressions used herein and not defined but defined in the Act, or rules or regulations
made thereunder shall have the meanings assigned to the same in the Act, rules or regulations respectively.
CHAPTER II
Organic Food Labelling and Certification
3. No person shall manufacture, pack, sell, offer for sale, market or otherwise distribute or import any organic foods
unless they comply with the requirements laid down under these regulations.
4. Any food offered or promoted for sale as ‗organic food‘ shall comply with all the applicable provisions of one of the
following, namely:-
(I) National Programme for Organic Production (NPOP);
(II) Participatory Guarantee System for India (PGS-India);
(III) Any other system or standards as may be notified by the Food Authority from time to time.6 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY [PART III—SEC. 4]
5. The Organic food that is marketed through direct sales by the original producer or producer organisation to the end
consumer is exempt from the need of verification of compliance and this exemption does not apply to processed organic
food products.
6. Labelling shall convey full and accurate information on the organic status of the product. Such product shall carry a
certification or quality assurance mark of one of the systems mentioned in regulation 4 in addition to the Food Safety
and Standard Authority of India logo.
7. All organic foods shall comply with the packaging and labelling requirements specified under the Food Safety and
Standards (Packaging and Labelling) Regulations, 2011 in addition to the labelling requirements under one of the
applicable system mentioned in regulation 4.
8. Traceability shall be established upto the producer level as applicable under the systems mentioned in regulation 4 and
it shall include any other requirements prescribed by the Food Authority to maintain the organic integrity of the food
product.
9. Without prejudice to the provisions of these regulations, all organic food shall comply with the relevant provisions, as
applicable, under the Food Safety and Standards (Food Product Standards and Food Additives) Regulations, 2011, the
Food Safety and Standards (Contaminants, Toxins and Residues) Regulations, 2011, under the Act and the rules and
regulations made thereunder.
10. Any seller of organic food either exclusively or as part of their retail merchandise shall display such food in a manner
distinguishable from the display of conventional food.
11. Non- compliance of the provisions of these regulations shall attract penal provisions under the Act, and be liable for
action as a false, misleading or deceptive claim.
CHAPTER III
Imports and Reciprocity
12. Organic food imports under bilateral or multilateral agreements on the basis of equivalence of standards between
National Programme for Organic Production and the organic standards of the respective exporting countries shall not be
required to be re-certified on import to India subject to their compliance with the provision of the Act and the rules and
regulation made thereunder.
13. All organic food consignments as per regulation 12 shall be accompanied by a transaction certificate issued by an
Accredited Certification Body covered under the terms of the equivalence agreement.
CHAPTER IV
General
13. The Food Authority may establish appropriate institutional mechanism to implement these regulations and promote
authentic organic food in the country.
PAWAN AGARWAL, Chief Executive Officer
[ADVT.-III/4/Exty./111/17]
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