Executive Summary:
This document contains the Food Safety and Standards Labelling and Display First Amendment Regulations, 2025, amending the 2020 regulations. It was published by the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) and addresses labeling requirements for coffee-chicory mixtures. These regulations will come into force on July 1, 2026.
Key Points / Main Content:
* **Amendment Overview:**
* Amends the Food Safety and Standards Labelling and Display Regulations, 2020.
* **Effective Date:**
* Comes into force on July 1, 2026.
* **Coffee-Chicory Mixture Labeling Requirements (Schedule II, Paragraph 2, Subparagraph 2.2):**
* **General Mixture:** Every package must declare on the front: "COFFEE BLENDED WITH CHICORY THIS MIXTURE CONTAINS COFFEE ... PERCENT CHICORY .. PERCENT" OR "COFFEE BLENDED WITH CHICORY THIS MIXTURE CONTAINS COFFEE .., CHICORY .."
* **Instant Mixture:** Every package must declare on the front: "INSTANT COFFEECHICORY MIXTURE MADE FROM BLENDS OF COFFEE AND CHICORY COFFEE ... PERCENT CHICORY .. PERCENT" OR "INSTANT COFFEECHICORY MIXTURE MADE FROM BLENDS OF COFFEE AND CHICORY COFFEE .., CHICORY .."
Impact Analysis:
* **Food Manufacturers (Coffee and Chicory Products):**
* *Impact:* Revised labeling requirements for coffee-chicory mixtures, necessitating changes to packaging.
* *Action Required:* Update product labels to comply with the new regulations before July 1, 2026.
* **Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI):**
* *Impact:* Responsible for enforcing the amended regulations.
* *Action Required:* Ensure compliance through monitoring and enforcement activities.
* **Consumers:**
* *Impact:* Increased transparency in labeling of coffee-chicory mixtures.
* *Action Required:* Be aware of the new labeling information when purchasing these products after the effective date.
Key Entities Referenced
Food Safety and Standards Authority of India: An autonomous body established under the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006 responsible for regulating and monitoring food safety in India.
Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006: An act of the Parliament of India that consolidates the laws relating to food safety and standards in India.
Food Safety and Standards Labelling and Display Regulations, 2020: Regulations pertaining to the labeling and display requirements for food products in India.
Food Safety and Standards Labelling and Display Amendment Regulations, 2025: Proposed amendments to the existing Food Safety and Standards Labelling and Display Regulations, 2020.
New Delhi: The location of the notification, New Delhi, Delhi, India.
G. Kamala Vardhana Rao: Chief Executive Officer of the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India.
Gazette of India: An official journal of the Government of India, publishing official rules and regulations.
CoffeeChicory Mixture: A specific type of food product whose labeling requirements are being amended in the regulations.
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असाधारण
EXTRAORDINARY
भाग III—खण् ड 4
PART III—Section 4
प्राजधकार स ेप्रकाजित
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
स.ं 562] नई दिल्ली, मंगलिार, अगस्ट्त 12, 2025/श्रािण 21, 1947
No. 562] NEW DELHI, TUESDAY, AUGUST 12, 2025/SHRAVANA 21, 1947
भारतीय खाद्य सरु क्षा और मानक प्राजधकरण
अजधसचू ना
नई दिल्ली, 8 अगस्ट्त, 2025
फा. स.ं एसएस–टी017/1/2023-मानक-एफएसएसएआई.— खाद्य सुरक्षा और मानक (लबे ललंग और प्रििनश )
संिोधन जिजनयम, 2025 के प्रारूप को भारतीय खाद्य सरु क्षा और मानक प्राजधकरण की अजधसूचना सं. फा. सं. एसएस–
टी017/1/2023-मानक-एफएसएसएआई, तारीख 17 फरिरी, 2025 द्वारा खाद्य सुरक्षा और मानक अजधजनयम, 2006
(2006 का 34) की धारा 92 की उपधारा (1) की अपेक्षानुसार, भारत के रािपत्र, असाधारण, भाग 3, खडं 4 म ें प्रकाजित
दकया गया था, जिसमें उन व्यजियों से जिनके प्रभाजित होने की संभािना थी, उस तारीख से, जिसको उि अजधसूचना
िाले रािपत्र की प्रजतया ाँ िनता को उपलब्ध करा िी गई थी, साठ दिनों की अिजध की समाजि से पूिश आक्षेप और सुझाि
आमंजत्रत दकए गए थे;
और उक्त रािपत्र की प्रजतया ाँिनता को 20 फरिरी, 2025 को उपलब् ध करा िी गई थीं;
और उि प्रारूप जिजनयमों के संबंध में िनता से प्राि आपजियों और सुझािों पर भारतीय खाद्य सुरक्षा और मानक
प्राजधकरण द्वारा जिचार कर जलया गया ह;ै
अतः अब भारतीय खाद्य सुरक्षा और मानक प्राजधकरण, उि अजधजनयम की धारा 23 के साथ पठठत धारा 92 की
उप-धारा (2) के खडं (ट) द्वारा पिि िजियों का प्रयोग करत े हुए, खाद्य सुरक्षा और मानक (लेबललगं और प्रििनश )
जिजनयम, 2020 का और संिोधन करने के जलए जनम्नजलजखत जिजनयम बनाता है, अथातश ्,:—
5361 GI/2025 (1)2 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY [PART III—SEC.4]
जिजनयम
1. (1) इन जिजनयमों का संजक्षप् त नाम खाद्य सुरक्षा और मानक (लेबललगं और प्रििनश ) प्रथम सिं ोधन जिजनयम,2025 ह।ै
(2) य ेजिजनयम 01 िुलाई 2026 स ेप्रिृि होंगे।
2. खाद्य सुरक्षा और मानक (लबे ललंग और प्रििशन) जिजनयम, 2020 की, अनुसूची-II के, परै ा (2) में, कॉफी-कासनी जमश्रण
से संबंजधत उप-परै ा 2.2 के स्ट्थान पर, जनम्नजलजखत उप-पैरा रखा िाएगा, अथाशत:् -
“2.2 कॉफ़ी कासनी जमश्रण
(1) कॉफ़ी और कासनी के जमश्रण िाले प्रत्येक पैकेि के सामन ेिाल ेभाग पर जनम्नजलजखत घोषणाओं िाला लेबल हो :
कॉफ़ी कासनी जमश्रण
जमश्रण की सामग्री
कॉफ़ी …………………………… प्रजतित
कासनी ………………………….. प्रजतित
अथिा
कॉफ़ी कासनी जमश्रण
जमश्रण की सामग्री
कॉफ़ी …………% कासनी ……………%
(2) इंस्ट्टेंट कॉफ़ी कासनी जमश्रण िाले प्रत्येक पैकेि के सामन ेिाले भाग पर जनम्नजलजखत घोषणाओं िाला लेबल हो :
कॉफ़ी और कासनी के जमश्रण से तैयार इंस्ट्टेंट कॉफ़ी कासनी जमश्रण
कॉफ़ी …………………………… प्रजतित
कासनी ………………………….. प्रजतित
अथिा
कॉफ़ी और कासनी के जमश्रण से त ैयार इंस्ट्टेंट कॉफ़ी कासनी जमश्रण
कॉफ़ी …………% क ासनी ……………%
िी. कमला िधशन राि, मुख्य कायशकारी अजधकारी
[जिज्ञापन-III/4/असा./293/2025-26]
ठटप्पण: मलू जिजनयम, भारत के रािपत्र, असाधारण भाग 3, खंड 4 म ें अजधसूचना संख्या फा.सं.
1-94/एफएसएसएआई/एसपी(लेबललगं )/2014(भाग-2), तारीख 17 निंबर, 2020 द्वारा प्रकाजित दकए गए थ े
और इनम ें अंजतम संिोधन अजधसूचना संख्या फा.स.ं मानक/एसपी-08/ए-1-2020/एन-01, तारीख
11 अक्टूबर, 2022 द्वारा दकया गया था।[भाग III—खण् ड 4] भारत का रािपत्र : असाधारण 3
FOOD SAFETY AND STANDARDS AUTHORITY OF INDIA
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 8th August, 2025
F. No. SS-T017/1/2023-Standard-FSSAI.—Whereas the draft Food Safety and Standards (Labelling and
Display) Amendment Regulations, 2025, 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. SS-T017/1/2023-Standard-FSSAI, dated the 17th February, 2025, 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 sixty 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 20th February, 2025;
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 (k) of sub-section (2) of section 92 read with
section 23 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 (Labelling and Display) Regulations, 2020, namely: -
Regulations
1. (1) These regulations may be called the Food Safety and Standards (Labelling and Display) First Amendment
Regulations, 2025.
(2) They shall come into force on 01 July, 2026.
2. In the Food Safety and Standards (Labelling and Display) Regulations, 2020, in Schedule-II, in paragraph 2,
for sub-paragraph 2.2 relating to Coffee-Chicory Mixture, the following sub-paragraph shall be substituted, namely,-
“2.2 Coffee-Chicory Mixture
(1) Every package containing a mixture of coffee and chicory shall have following label declaration on the front of
the package:—
COFFEE BLENDED WITH CHICORY
THIS MIXTURE CONTAINS
COFFEE…………………………… PERCENT
CHICORY………………………….. PERCENT
OR
COFFEE BLENDED WITH CHICORY
THIS MIXTURE CONTAINS
COFFEE …..%, CHICORY …..%
(2) Every package containing Instant Coffee-Chicory mixture shall have following label declaration on the front of the
package:
INSTANT COFFEE-CHICORY MIXTURE
MADE FROM BLENDS OF COFFEE AND CHICORY
COFFEE…………………………… PERCENT
CHICORY………………………….. PERCENT4 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY [PART III—SEC.4]
OR
INSTANT COFFEE-CHICORY MIXTURE
MADE FROM BLENDS OF COFFEE AND CHICORY
COFFEE …..%, CHICORY …..%
G. KAMALA VARDHANA RAO, Chief Executive Officer
[ADVT.-III/4/Exty./293/2025-26]
Note: The principal regulations were published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary part III, Section 4, vide
notification number F. No. 1-94/FSSAI/SP(Labelling)/2014(Pt-2), dated the 17th November, 2020 and last
amended vide notification number, F. No. Std/SP-08/A-1-2020/N-01, dated the 11th October, 2022.
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