Executive Summary:
This notification from the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India announces amendments to the Food Safety and Standards (Prohibition and Restrictions on Sales) Regulations, 2011. These amendments, referred to as the Second Amendment Regulations, 2019, focus on restrictions on the sale of common salt. The regulations come into force on the date of their publication in the official Gazette, June 27, 2019.
Key Points / Main Content:
* **Amendment Title:** Food Safety and Standards Prohibition and Restriction on sales Second Amendment Regulations, 2019.
* **Effective Date:** The regulations come into force on June 27, 2019.
* **Amendment Details:**
* Regulation 2.3.12 of the Food Safety and Standards Prohibition and Restriction on sales Regulations, 2011 is amended.
* No person shall sell or offer/expose for sale common salt for direct human consumption or as an ingredient in food products unless it is iodized.
* Exceptions are provided for common salt sold/exposed for sale/stored for iodization, iron fortification, animal use, non-direct consumption preservation, infant food products, medicine manufacturing and industrial use, provided it adheres to labeling requirements as per regulation 2.4.4 of the Food Safety and Standards Packaging and Labelling Regulations, 2011.
Impact Analysis:
Stakeholders Impacted:
Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI)
Impact: Responsible for enforcing the amended regulations.
Action Required: Implement and oversee the enforcement of the new regulations.
Manufacturers and Sellers of Common Salt
Impact: Must comply with the new restrictions on the sale of non-iodized common salt for direct human consumption or as a food ingredient.
Action Required: Ensure that common salt sold for direct human consumption or use as a food ingredient is iodized, or that it meets the criteria for the stated exceptions (iodization, iron fortification, animal use, non-direct consumption preservation, infant food products, medicine manufacturing and industrial use) and is properly labeled.
Consumers
Impact: Will have access to primarily iodized salt for direct consumption, ensuring better nutritional outcomes.
Action Required: Be aware of the updated regulations regarding the sale of common salt.
Key Entities Referenced
Food Safety and Standards Authority of India: An authority that is responsible for food safety and standards in India. It published the draft regulations and considered objections and suggestions from the public.
Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006: An act related to food safety and standards, mentioned in the context of powers conferred to the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India.
Food Safety and Standards Prohibition and Restrictions on Sales Amendment Regulations, 2018: Draft regulations that were published and amended.
Food Safety and Standards Prohibition and Restrictions on sales Regulations, 2011: Regulations that are being amended.
Food Safety and Standards Prohibition and Restriction on sales Second Amendment Regulations, 2019: Regulations that are being called regarding restriction on sales.
New Delhi: The location where the notification was issued.
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare: The ministry under which the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India operates.
Pawan Agarwal: Chief Executive Officer who published the document
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MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
(FOOD SAFETY AND STANDARDS AUTHORITY OF INDIA)
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 25th June, 2019
F.No. Stds/Salt/Misc/01/FSSAI-2016 (pt-1).- Whereas the draft of the Food Safety and Standards (Prohibition
and Restrictions on Sales) Amendment Regulations, 2018, 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. Stds/Salt/Misc/01/FSSAI-2016 (pt-1), dated the 10th April, 2018 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 Gazette containing the said
notification were made available to the public;
And whereas copies of the said Gazette were made available to the public on 19th April, 2018;¹Hkkx IIIµ[k.M 4º Hkkjr dk jkti=k % vlk/kj.k 3
And whereas 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 sub-section (2) of section 92 of the Food Safety and
Standards Act, 2006, 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:-
Regulations
1. (1) These regulations may be called the Food Safety and Standards (Prohibition and Restriction on sales) Second
Amendment Regulations, 2019.
(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 Restriction on sales) Regulations, 2011, in regulation 2.3, for
sub-regulation 2.3.12, the following sub-regulation shall be substituted namely:-
“2.3.12: Restriction on sale of common salt.- No person shall sell or offer or expose for sale or have in his
premises for the purpose of sale, common salt for direct human consumption or for use as an ingredient in a food
product unless the same is iodized:
Provided that common salt may be sold or exposed for sale or stored for sale for iodization, iron
fortification, animal use, preservation not meant for direct consumption, for infant food products, manufacturing
medicines and industrial use under proper label declarations, as specified in the provisions of regulation 2.4.4 of
Food Safety and Standards (Packaging and labelling) Regulations, 2011.”
PAWAN AGARWAL, Chief Executive Officer
[ADVT.-III/4/Exty./110/19]
Note. - The principal regulations were published in the Gazette of India, Part III, section 4, 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 and
(v) File No. Stds/O&F/Notification (8)/FSSAI-2017, dated the 31st July, 2018.
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