Executive Summary:
This notification from the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India amends the Food Safety and Standards (Prohibition and Restrictions on Sales) Regulations, 2011. It introduces new limits for Total Polar Compounds in vegetable oils and fats. Food Business Operators must comply with these regulations by July 1, 2021. The regulations were published on October 26, 2020.
Key Points / Main Content:
Amendments to Sales Regulations:
* The regulations amend the Food Safety and Standards (Prohibition and Restrictions on Sales) Regulations, 2011.
* These regulations are called the Food Safety and Standards (Prohibition and Restrictions on Sales) Third Amendment Regulations, 2020.
* The regulations came into force on the date of their publication in the official Gazette (October 26, 2020).
Total Polar Compounds Limits:
* Unused or fresh vegetable oil/fat shall not have Total Polar Compounds exceeding 15%.
* Used vegetable oil/fat with Total Polar Compounds exceeding 25% shall not be used.
Compliance Deadline:
* Food Business Operators (FBOs) must comply with these regulations by July 1, 2021.
Impact Analysis:
Food Business Operators (FBOs):
* Impact: FBOs are affected by the new limits on Total Polar Compounds in vegetable oils and fats.
* Action Required: FBOs must ensure that the vegetable oils and fats they use comply with the specified limits by July 1, 2021.
Consumers:
* Impact: Consumers will benefit from improved food safety due to the restrictions on the use of vegetable oils and fats with high levels of Total Polar Compounds.
* Action Required: No direct action required.
Regulatory Bodies:
* Impact: Regulatory bodies, including the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI), are responsible for enforcing these regulations.
* Action Required: Ensure compliance with the new regulations through monitoring, testing, and enforcement activities.
Key Entities Referenced
Food Safety and Standards Authority of India: An autonomous body established under the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006 responsible for setting and regulating food standards in India.
Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006: An Act of the Parliament of India to consolidate the laws relating to food and to establish the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India for laying down science based standards for articles of food and to regulate their manufacture, storage, distribution, sale and import, to ensure availability of safe and wholesome food for human consumption.
Food Safety and Standards Prohibition and Restrictions on Sales Regulations, 2011: Regulations established by the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India that outline prohibitions and restrictions on the sale of certain food products.
New Delhi: The location where the notification was issued.
Food Safety and Standards Prohibition and Restrictions on Sales Third Amendment Regulations, 2020: Amendment regulations to the Food Safety and Standards Prohibition and Restrictions on Sales Regulations, 2011
Arun Singhal: Chief Executive Officer of Food Safety and Standards Authority of India
Total Polar Compounds: A measure used to assess the degradation of vegetable oil or fat, with specific limits set for unused/fresh and used oil/fat.
Gazette of India: A public journal and an official legal document of the Government of India.
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EXTRAORDINARY
भाग III—खण् ड 4
PART III—Section 4
प्राजधकार स ेप्रकाजित
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
स.ं 448] नई दिल्ली, सोमिार, अक्त बू र 26, 2020/ कार्तकि 4, 1942
No. 448] NEW DELHI, MONDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2020/KARTIKA 4, 1942
भारतीय खाद्य सरु क्षा और मानक प्राजधकरण
अजधसचू ना
नई दिल्ली, 26 अक् तूबर, 2020
फा. स.ं मानक/ओएडं एफ/अजधसचू ना(12)/एफएसएसएआई-2019.—खाद्य सुरक्षा और मानक (जिक्रय
पर प्रजतषेध एिं जनबंधन) संिोधन जिजनयम, 2019 का प्रारूप खाद्य सुरक्षा और मानक अजधजनयम, 2006
(2006 का संख यांक क) का धारा 92 का प-धारा (1) का अपेक्षानुसार, भारतीय खाद्य सुरक्षा और मानक
प्राजधकरण का अजधसूचना सं. फा. स.ं मानक/ओएडं एफ/अजधसूचना(12)/ एफएसएसएआई-2019, तारीख
5 िुलाई, 2019 द्वारा भारत के रािपत्र, असाधारण, भाग 3, खंड क में प्रकाजित दकया गया था जिसमें ऐसे
सभी व्यजियों से जिनके नसे प्रभाजित होने का संभािना थी, स तारीख से जिसको ि अजधसूचना म ें
अंतर्ििष्ट रािपत्र का प्रजतयााँ िनता को पलब्ध कराई गई थी तीस दिन का अिजध का समाजि तक आक्षेप और
सुझाि आमंजत्रत दकए गए थ;े
और क्त रािपत्र का प्रजतयााँ िनता को तारीख 16 िुलाई, 2019 को पलब्ध करा िी गई थं;
और क् त जिजनयमों के प्रारूप पर िनता से प्रा्त आपजतिययों और सुझािों पर भारतीय खाद्य सुरक्षा और
मानक प्राजधकरण द्वारा जिचार कर जलया गया ह;ै
5186 GI/2020 (1)2 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY [PART III—SEC. 4]
अत: अब भारतीय खाद्य सरु क्षा और मानक प्राजधकरण ि अजधजनयम, का धारा 16 के साथ पठित
धारा 92 का प-धारा (2) के खंड (ङ) द्वारा प्रितिय िजियों का प्रयोग करते हुए खाद्य सुरक्षा और मानक (जिक्रय
पर प्रजतषेध एिं जनबंधन) जिजनयम, 2011 का और सिं ोधन करन े के जलए जनम्न जलजखत जिजनयम बनाता ह,ै
अथाित्:-
1. (1) इन जिजनयमों का संजक्षि नाम खाद्य सुरक्षा और मानक (जिक्रय पर प्रजतषेध एिं जनबंधन)
तृतीय संिोधन जिजनयम, 2020 ह।ै
(2) यह रािपत्र में इनके प्रकािन का तारीख को प्रितिय होंगे।
2. खाद्य सुरक्षा और मानक (जिक्रय प्रजतषेध और जनबंधन) जिजनयम, 2011 के, जिजनयम 2.3 के,
पजिजनयम 2.3.15 के, खंड (7) के पश्चात, जनम् नजलजख त खंड को अंत:स्ट्थाजपत दकया िाएगा, अथाित-
“8. अप्रयुि या ताज़ा िनस्ट्पजत तेल या िसा में कुल पोलर कम् पाऊन् ड 15 प्रजतित स े अजधक नहं
होगा और इस्ट्तेमाल दकया हुआ तेल या िसा, जिसमें कुल पोलर कम् पाऊन् ड 25 प्रजतित स े अजधक
जिकजसत हो गया ह,ै पयोग नहं दक या िाएगा।”
. खाद्य कारोबार चालक को 1 िुलाई 2021 स े इन जिजनयमों के सभी पबंधों का अनुपालन
करना होगा।
अरुण ससंघल, मुख य कायिकारी अजधकारी
[ -III/4/ ./309/2020]
विज्ञापन असा
ठि्पण: खाद्य सुरक्षा और मानक (जिक्रय प्रजतषेध और जनबंधन) जिजनयम, 2011 भारत के रािपत्र,
असाधारण में अजधसूचना सखं या एफ.स.ं 2-15015/ 0/2010 तारीख 1 अगस्ट्त, 2011 द्वारा प्रकाजित दकए गए
और पश्चातिती जनम्न अजधसचू ना संखयाकों द्वारा संिोजधत दकए गएः–
(i) फा. स.ं क/15015/ 0/2011, दिनांक 8 फरिरी, 201 ;
(ii) फा. स.ं स्ट् िैंड्सि/ओ एंड एफ/अजधसूचना(2)/एफ.एस.एस.ए.आई-2016, तारीख 2 अगस्ट्त , 2016;
(iii) फा. स.ं स्ट् िैंड्सि/एफ एंड िी.पी/अजधसूचना(02)/ एफ.एस.एस.ए.आई-2016, तारीख 2 अगस्ट् त, 2016;
(iv) फा. सं. ए-1(1)/मानक/एम.एम.पी/2012, तारीख 12 अक्िूबर, 2017;
(v) फा. स.ं स्ट् िैंड्सि/ओ एंड एफ/अजधसूचना (8)/एफ/ एफ.एस.एस.ए.आई, तारीख 1 िुलाई, 2018;
(vi) फा. स.ं स्ट् िैंड्सि/सहयोज् य-2/अजधसूचना/ एफ.एस.एस.ए.आई/2018, तारीख 25 िनू , 2019;
(vii) फा. स.ं स्ट् िैंड्सि/साल्ि/जिजिध/01/ एफ.एस.एस.ए.आई-2016(भाग 1), तारीख 25 िनू , 2019;
(viii) फा. स.ं स्ट् िैंड्सि/एडीठिि-0 /अजधसूचना/एफएसएसआई/2018, तारीख 21 िुलाई, 2020; और
(ix) एफ. स.ं मानक/एगमाकि-बीआईएस/02/एफएसएसएआई-2018, तारीख 20 अक्िूबर, 2020।
FOOD SAFETY AND STANDARDS AUTHORITY OF INDIA
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 26th October, 2020
No. Stds/O&F/Notification(12)/FSSAI-2019.—Whereas the draft of certain regulations further to amend the
Food Safety and Standards (Prohibition and Restrictions on Sales) Regulations, 2011, was 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/O&F/Notification(12)/FSSAI-2019, dated the 5th July,
2019, in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part III, Section 4, inviting objections and suggestions from the persons[भाग III—खण् ड 4] भारत का रािपत्र : असाधारण 3
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 16th July, 2019;
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 (Prohibition and Restrictions on Sales) Regulations, 2011, namely:-
1. (1) These regulations may be called the Food Safety and Standards (Prohibition and Restrictions on Sales) Third
Amendment Regulations, 2020.
(2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the official Gazette.
2. In the Food Safety and Standards (Prohibition and Restrictions on Sales) Regulations, 2011, in regulation 2.3, in
sub-regulation 2.3.15, after clause (7), following clause shall be inserted, namely: -
“8. The Total Polar Compounds in unused or fresh vegetable oil or fat shall not be more than 15% and used
vegetable oil or fat having developed Total Polar Compounds more than 25% shall not be used.”
3. Food Business Operator shall comply with the provisions of these regulations on or before the 1st July, 2021.
ARUN SINGHAL, Chief Executive Officer
[ADVT.-III/4/Exty./309/2020]
Note. - The Food Safety and Standards (Prohibition and Restriction on sales) Regulations, 2011 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;
(iv) F. No. A-1(1)/Standards/MMP/2012, dated the 12th October, 2017;
(v) F. No. Stds/O&F/Notification (8)/FSSAI-2017, dated the 31st July, 2018;
(vi) F. No. Stds/Additives-2/Notification/FSSAI/2018, dated the 25th June, 2019
(vii) F. No. Stds/Salt/Misc/01/FSSAI-2016 (pt-1), dated the 25th June, 2019;
(viii) F. No. stds/Additive-3/notification/FSSAI/2018, dated 21st July, 2020; and
(ix) F.No.Stds/Agmark-BIS/02/FSSAI-2018, dated 20th October, 2020.
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