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Date: 2016-09-14 Category: Extra Ordinary State: Union Government Country: India

Whereas the draft Food Safety and Standards Food Products Standards and Food Additives

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Executive Summary: This notification from the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India amends the Food Safety and Standards Food Products Standards and Food Additives Regulations, 2011. It introduces standards for unprocessed whole raw pulses not for direct human consumption and modifies standards for Saffron (Kesar). The regulations take effect upon final publication in the official Gazette. Key Points / Main Content: * **Amendments to Food Safety and Standards Regulations, 2011:** * These regulations are called the Food Safety and Standards Food Products Standards and Food Additives Eighth Amendment Regulations, 2016. * The regulations shall come into force on the date of their final publication in the official Gazette. * **Food Grains:** * Introduces clause 16 in regulation 2.4.6, specifying standards for "UNPROCESSED WHOLE RAW PULSES not for direct human consumption." * Sets maximum limits for foreign and extraneous matter at 3.0% by weight, including a maximum of 0.5% for inorganic matter and impurities of animal origin. * Requires conformance to other standards in the regulation. * Pulses for direct human consumption must adhere to relevant pulse standards in regulation 2.4.6. * **Saffron (Kesar):** * Modifies sub-regulation 2.9.17 for Saffron (Kesar), item vi. * Specifies that solubility in cold water on dry weight basis should not be more than 65.0%. Impact Analysis: * **Food Safety and Standards Authority of India:** * Impact: Responsible for enforcing the amended regulations and ensuring compliance. * Action Required: Implement and communicate the new standards to relevant stakeholders. * **Food Producers and Suppliers:** * Impact: Must comply with the new standards for unprocessed whole raw pulses and modified standards for saffron. * Action Required: Adjust production and testing processes to meet the new requirements. * **Consumers:** * Impact: Indirectly benefit from improved food safety standards. * Action Required: No direct action required. * **Regulatory and Enforcement Agencies:** * Impact: Responsible for monitoring and enforcing compliance with the amended regulations. * Action Required: Update inspection and testing protocols to incorporate the new standards.

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Food Safety and Standards Authority of India: An authority responsible for food safety and standards in India. Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006: The governing legislation for food safety and standards in India, referred to in the context of amending regulations. Food Safety and Standards Food Products Standards and Food Additives Regulations, 2011: The principal regulations being amended by the current notification. Food Safety and Standards Food Products Standards and Food Additives Amendment Regulations, 2016: The amendment regulations being published. New Delhi: Location of notification. Ministry of Health and Family Welfare: The ministry under which the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India functions. Pawan Agarwal: Chief Executive Officer, mentioned in the document. Gazette of India: The official government gazette in which the notification and amendments are published.
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(cid:7367)ारा संशोधन (cid:7408)क ए गए: (i)(cid:32) फा. स.ं 4/15015/30/2011, तारीख 7 जून, 2013; (ii)(cid:32) फा. स.ं पी./15014/1/2011-पीएफए/एफ़एसएसएआई, तारीख 27 जून, 2013; (iii)(cid:32) फा. स.ं 5/15015/30/2012, तारीख 12 जलु ाई, 2013; (iv)(cid:32) फा. स.ं पी.15025/262/2013-पीए/एफ़एसएसएआई, तारीख 5 (cid:7408)दसंबर, 2014; (v)(cid:32) फा. स.ं 1-83एफ/एससीआई॰ पीएएन–अिध॰/एफ़एसएसएआई-2012, तारीख 17 फरवरी, 2015; (vi)(cid:32) फा. स.ं 4/15015/30/2011, तारीख 4 अग(cid:7021)त, 2015; (vii)(cid:32) फा. स.ं पी. 15025/263/13-पीए/एफ़एसएसएआई, तारीख 4 नव(cid:7013)बर, 2015; (viii)(cid:32) फा. स.ं पी॰15025/264/13-पीए/एफएसएसएआई, तारीख 4 नव(cid:7013)बर, 2015; (ix)(cid:32) फा. स.ं 7/15015/30/2012, तारीख 13 नव(cid:7013)बर, 2015; (x)(cid:32) फा. स.ं पी.15025/208/2013-पीए/एफएसएसएआई, तारीख 13 नव(cid:7013)बर, 2015; (xi)(cid:32) फा. स.ंपी.15025/261/2013-पीए/एफएसएसएआई, तारीख 13 नव(cid:7013)बर, 2015;¹Hkkx IIIµ[k.M 4º Hkkjr dk jkti=k % vlk/kj.k 3 (xii)(cid:32) फा. स.ं 1-10(1)/(cid:7021)टै(cid:7003)ड(cid:7001)स(cid:6981)/एसपी ((cid:7408)फश एंड (cid:7408)फश(cid:7407)रज (cid:7079)ोड(cid:6989)(cid:6999)स)/एफएसएसएआई-2013, तारीख 11 जनवरी , 2016; (xiii)(cid:32) सं. 3-16/िविन(cid:7416)द(cid:7397) खा(cid:7378)/अिधसूचना (खा(cid:7378) सहयो(cid:6996)य)/एफएसएसएआई-2014, तारीख 3 मई, 2016; (xiv)(cid:32) फा. स.ं 15-03/ईएनएफ़/एफएसएसएआई-2014, तारीख 14 जून, 2016; (xv)(cid:32) फा. स.ं 3-14एफ/अिधसूचना ((cid:7008)यू(cid:7069)ाि(cid:7021)ट(cid:6989)(cid:7016)स)/एफएसएसएआई-2013, तारीख 13 जुलाई, 2016; (xvi)(cid:32) फा. स.ं1-12/मानक/एस. पी.(मध,ु मधकु ारक)/एफ.एस.एस.ए.आई.-2015, तारीख 15 जुलाई, 2016 (xvii)(cid:32) फा. सं. 1-120(1)/मानक/(cid:7408)करिणत/एफएसएसएआई-2015, तारीख 23 अग(cid:7021)त, 2016 और (xviii)(cid:32) एफ़. स.ं 11/09/रेग./हाम(cid:7299)नाइजेशन/2014, तारीख 5 िसतंबर, 2016. MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (Food Safety and Standards Authority of India) NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 14th September, 2016 F. No. Stds/CPLQ.CP/EM/FSSAI-2015.—Whereas the draft Food Safety and Standards (Food Products Standards and Food Additives) Amendment Regulations, 2016, were published as required by sub- section (1) of section 92 of the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006 (34 of 2006), vide notification of the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India number F.No. Stds/CPLQ.CP/EM/FSSAI-2015, dated the 28th April, 2016, in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part III, Section 4, inviting objections and suggestions from the persons likely to be affected thereby, before the expiry of the period of thirty days from the date on which the copies of the Official Gazette containing the said notification were made available to the public; And whereas the copies of the said Gazette were made available to the public on the 9th May, 2016; And whereas the objections and suggestions received from the public in respect of the said draft regulations have been considered by the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India; Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by clause (e) of sub-section (2) of section 92 read with section 16 of the said Act, the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India hereby makes the following regulations further to amend the Food Safety and Standards (Food Products Standards and Food Additives) Regulations, 2011, namely:- Regulations 1. Short title and commencement.—(1) these regulations may be called the Food Safety and Standards (Food Products Standards and Food Additives) Eighth Amendment Regulations, 2016. (2) They shall come into force on the date of their final publication in the official Gazette. 2. In the Food Safety and Standards (Food Products Standards and Food Additives) Regulations, 2011, (a) in regulation 2.4.6 relating to food grains, after clause 15, the following clause shall be inserted, namely:- “16. UNPROCESSED WHOLE RAW PULSES (not for direct human consumption): The limits for foreign matter (extraneous matter) shall be maximum 3.0 per cent. by weight of which the maximum 0.5 per cent. by weight may be the inorganic matter and impurities of animal origin. In addition, unprocessed whole raw pulse shall conform to the requirements of other standards referred to in this regulation. Pulses for direct human consumption shall conform to the standards of the relevant pulse prescribed in the regulation 2.4.6.”;4 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY [PART III—SEC. 4] (b) in regulation 2.9, in sub-regulation 2.9.17 relating to “Saffron (Kesar)” for item (vi) , the following shall be substituted, namely:- “(vi) Solubility in cold water on dry weight Not more than 65.0 per cent by “(vi) basis weight.” PAWAN AGARWAL, Chief Executive Officer [ADVT. III/4/Exty./237 (187)] 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 the following 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; (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 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 15th July, 2016; (xvii) F. No.1-120(1)/Standards/Irradiation/FSSAI-2015, 23rd August, 2016 and (xviii) F. No. 11/09/Reg/Harmoniztn/2014, dated 5th September, 2016. 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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