Executive Summary:
This notification from the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) amends the Food Safety and Standards Contaminants, toxins and Residues Regulations, 2011. It was published on July 25, 2017, following consideration of public feedback on draft regulations issued December 2, 2016. The amendment concerns maximum limits for hydrocyanic acid in specific food articles. The regulations come into force on the date of their final publication in the Official Gazette.
Key Points / Main Content:
* **Amendment Title:** Food Safety and Standards Contaminants, toxins and Residues Second Amendment Regulations, 2017.
* **Regulation 2.2 Amendment:** Modifies regulation 2.2 within the 2011 Regulations, specifically addressing crop contaminants and naturally occurring toxic substances.
* **Hydrocyanic Acid Limits:** Inserts new maximum limits for hydrocyanic acid (HCN) in the following food articles:
* Sago: 10 ppm
* Cassava flour: 10 ppm
* Tapioca flour: 10 ppm
* Manihot flour: 10 ppm
* Their products: 10 ppm
* **Authority:** The amendment is made in exercise of the powers conferred by clause i of sub section 2 of section 92 read with section 20 and 21 of the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006.
* **Effective Date:** The regulations come into force on the date of their final publication in the Official Gazette.
Impact Analysis:
Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI):
* Impact: Responsible for enforcing the amended regulations and ensuring compliance.
* Action Required: Disseminate the information to relevant stakeholders and monitor compliance.
Food Business Operators (FBOs) (Manufacturers, processors, and sellers of sago, cassava flour, tapioca flour, manihot flour, and their products):
* Impact: Must comply with the new maximum limits for hydrocyanic acid in their products.
* Action Required: Review and adjust manufacturing processes to ensure hydrocyanic acid levels in their products do not exceed the specified limits, and conduct testing to verify compliance.
Consumers:
* Impact: Benefit from increased food safety due to regulated levels of hydrocyanic acid in specific food products.
* Action Required: No direct action required.
Regulatory Bodies/Enforcement Agencies:
* Impact: Responsible for testing and verifying compliance with the new standards.
* Action Required: Update testing protocols and enforcement procedures to reflect the new hydrocyanic acid limits.
Key Entities Referenced
Food Safety and Standards Authority of India: An authority responsible for food safety and standards in India. It published the notification to amend regulations regarding contaminants, toxins, and residues.
Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006: The Act of Indian Parliament under which the regulations are being amended.
Food Safety and Standards Contaminants, toxins and Residues Regulations, 2011: The regulations being amended by the notification. These regulations pertain to contaminants, toxins, and residues in food products.
New Delhi: The location where the notification was issued.
Gazette of India: The official government gazette in which the notification and draft regulations were published.
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare: The ministry under which the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) operates.
Hydrocyanic acid: A naturally occurring toxic substance whose maximum limits in certain food articles are being revised by the amendment.
Pawan Agarwal: The Chief Executive Officer of the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India.
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PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
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स्वास््य एव ं परिवाि कल्याण मत्रं ालय
(भाितीय खाद्य सुिक्षा औि मानक प्राधिकिण)
अधिसचू ना
नई दिल्ली, 21 जुलाई , 2017
फा. स.ं पी/15025/264/13-पीए/एफएसएसएआई.—खाद्य सुिक्षा औि मानक (संिषू क, आधवष औि अवधिष्ट)
धवधनयम, 2011 का औि संिोिन किन े के धलए कधतपय धवधनयमों का प्रारुप, धजसे भाित के िाजपत्र, असािािण, भाग III,
खंड 4, में भाितीय खाद्य सुिक्षा औि मानक प्राधिकिण की अधिसूचना फा.सं. पी/15025/264/13-पीए/एफएसएसएआई
तािीख 2 दिसंबि, 2016, खाद्य सुिक्षा औि मानक अधिधनयम, 2006 (2006 का 34) की िािा 92 की उपिािा (1) की
अपेक्षानुसाि उन सभी यक्धोयों की जानकािी के धलए प्रकाधित दकया गया ा, धजनके उससे प्रभाधवत होन े की संभावना है,
उस तािीख स े धजसको उो अधिसूचना में अंतर्विष्ट िाजपत्र की प्रधतयााँ जनता को उपलब्ि किा िी गई ी, तीस दिन की
अवधि की समाधि से पूवि आक्षपे या सुझाव आमंधत्रत दकए गए ;े
औि उो िाजपत्र की प्रधतयााँ, जनता को 13 जनविी, 2017 को उपलब्ि किा िी गई ी;
औि भाितीय खाद्य सुिक्षा औि मानक प्राधिकिण द्वािा उो प्रारूप धवधनयमों के संबंि म ें जनता से प्राि आक्षपे ों या
सुझावों पि धवचाि दकया गया ह;ै
अत:, अब, भाितीय खाद्य सुिक्षा औि मानक अधिधनयम, 2006 (2006 का 34) की िािा 20 औि 21 की उपिािा
(1) के सा परित िािा 92 की उपिािा (2) के खंड (झ) द्वािा प्रित्त िधोयों का प्रयोग कित े हुए खाद्य सुिक्षा औि मानक
प्राधिकिण (संिषू क, आधवष औि अवधिष्ट) धवधनयम, 2011 का औि संिोिन किने के धलए धनम्नधलधखत धवधनयम बनाता है,
अ ाित :—
धवधनयम
1. संधक्षि नाम औि प्रािंभ.—(1) इन धवधनयमों का संधक्षि नाम खाद्य सुिक्षा औि मानक (संिषू क, आधवष औि
अवधिष्ट) िसू िा संिोिन धवधनयम, 2017 ह।ै
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(2) ये िाजपत्र में उनके अंधतम प्रकािन की तािीख से प्रवृत्त होंगे।
2. खाद्य सुिक्षा औि मानक (संिषू क, आधवष औि अवधिष्ट) धवधनयम, 2011 म,ें धवधनयम 2.2 में, 2.2.1 उपधनयम म ें
“फसलों का संिषू ण औि प्राकृधतक रूप से उिभूत होने वाले धवषाो पिा ों” से संबधधित, प्राकृधतक रूप स े उिभूत
होने वाल े धवषाो पिा ि स े सबं धधित खडं 2 म,ें उो स्तंभ (3) औि स्तंभ (4) म,ें हाइड्रोसाइधनक अम्ल से संबधधित
क्रम संख्या 2 की सािणी में, धवद्यमान प्रधवधष्टयों के बाि धनम्नधलधखत प्रधवधष्टयां क्रमि: अतं : स् ाधपत की जाएंगी,
अ ाित:्—
खाद्य वस्तु अधिकतम सीमा
(3) (4)
“साबुिाना, कसावा आटा, टेधपओका आटा, मनीहॉट आटा औि उनके उत्पाि 10”.
पवन अग्रवाल, मुख्य कायिकािी अधिकािी
[धवज्ञापन-III/4/असा./156/17]
रटप्पण : मूल धवधनयम, भाित के िाजपत्र, असािािण, भाग III, खंड 4 में अधिसूचना संख्यांिक फा. सं. 2-15015/30/2010,
तािीख 1 अगस्त, 2011 द्वािा प्रकाधित दकए गए े औि तत्पश्चात ् धनम्नधलधखत अधिसूचना संख्यांकों द्वािा
संिोधित दकए गए े:-
(i) फा. सं. 1-12/एससीआई. पैनल/(अधिसूचना)/एफ.एस.एस.ए.आई./2012, तािीख 3 दिसम्बि, 2014;
(ii) फा. से. पी.15025/264/13-पी.ए./एफ.एस.एस.ए.आई., तािीख 4 नवम्बि, 2015;
(iii) फा. सं. 1-99/1/एस.पी.(संिषू क)/एफ.एस.एस.ए.आई./2009, तािीख 4 नवम्बि, 2015;
(iv) फा. सं. 1-99/4/एस.पी.(संिषू क)/एफ.एस.एस.ए.आई./2014, तािीख 4 नवम्बि, 2015;
(v) फा. सं. 1-10(6)/मानक/एस.पी. (मछली औि मत्स्य उत्पाि)/एफ.एस.एस.ए.आई.-2013, तािीख
4 जनविी, 2016;
(vi) फा. सं. पी.15025/264/13-पी.ए./एफ.एस.एस.ए.आई., तािीख 5 जनविी, 2016;
(vii) फा. सं. पी. 15025/264/13-पीए/एफ.एस.एस.आई, तािीख 3 मई, 2016;
(viii) फा. सं. 1-99/एसपी(कधटैम्नेध्स)/आिईजी/एफएसएसएआई/2015, तािीख 10 अक्टूबि, 2016 औि
(ix) फा. स.ं 1-10(2)/मानक/एसपी(मछ्ली औि मछ्ली उत्पाि)/एसएसएसएआई -2013, तािीख 18 जनविी,
2017।
MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
(Food Safety and Standards Authority of India)
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 21st July, 2017
F. No. P/15025/264/13-PA/FSSAI.—Whereas the draft of certain regulations, further to amend the
Food Safety and Standards (Contaminants, toxins and Residues) Regulations, 2011, was published as required
under 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. P.15025/264/13-PA/FSSAI dated the
2nd December, 2016 in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part III, Section 4, inviting objections or
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;III 3
And whereas the copies of the said Gazette were made available to the public on the 13th January,
2017;
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 (i) of sub- section (2) of section 92 read
with section 20 and 21 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 (Contaminants, toxins and Residues)
Regulations, 2011, namely:-
Regulations
1. Short title and commencement.- (1) These regulations may be called the Food Safety and Standards
(Contaminants, toxins and Residues) Second Amendment Regulations, 2017.
(2) They shall come into force on the date of their final publication in the Official Gazette.
2. In the Food Safety and Standards (Contaminants, toxins and Residues) Regulations, 2011, in
regulation 2.2, relating to “Crop contaminants and naturally occurring toxic substances”, in sub-
regulation 2.2.1, in clause 2, relating to “Naturally occurring toxic substances”, in the Table against
serial number 2 relating to Hydrocyanic acid, in columns (3) and (4) thereof, after existing entries, the
following entries shall respectively be inserted, namely:-
Article of food Maximum limits
(ppm)
(3) (4)
“Sago, Cassava flour, Tapioca flour, Manihot flour and their products 10”.
PAWAN AGARWAL, Chief Executive Officer
[ADVT.-III/4/Exty./156/17]
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.1-12/Sci.panel/(Notification)/FSSAI/2012, dated 3rd December, 2014;
(ii) F. No. P. 15025/264/13-PA/FSSAI, dated 4th November, 2015;
(iii) F.No.1-99/1/SP(contaminants)/FSSAI/2009, dated 4th November, 2015;
(iv) F. No. 1-99/4/SP(Contaminants)/FSSAI/2014, dated 4th November, 2015;
(v) F. No. 1-10(6)/Standards/SP(Fish and Fisheries Products)/FSSAI-2013, dated 4th January,
2016;
(vi) F. No. P. 15025/264/13-PA/FSSAI, dated 5th January, 2016;
(vii) F.No. P.15025/264/13-PA/FSSAI, dated 3rd May, 2016;
(viii) F. No.1-99/SP (Contaminants)/REG/FSSAI/2015, dated 10th October, 2016 and
(ix) F. No.1-10(2)/Standards/SP(Fish and Fisheries Products)/FSSAI-2013, dated 18th January,
2017.
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