Executive Summary:
This document outlines regulations for safe food and balanced diets for children in schools, known as the Food Safety and Standards "Safe food and balanced diets for children in school" Regulations, 2020. It defines responsibilities for school authorities and food business operators (FBOs) to ensure food safety and nutritional standards. Most provisions are effective from July 1, 2021, while specific regulations regarding food business operations will be effective as notified by the Food Authority.
Key Points / Main Content:
* **General Provisions:**
* The regulations are called the Food Safety and Standards "Safe food and balanced diets for children in school" Regulations, 2020.
* Most provisions are effective from July 1, 2021.
* Compliance with specific regulations (3.5 and 5.1) will be as notified by the Food Authority.
* **Definitions:**
* Defines key terms such as "School," "School Authority," "School campus," "School meals," "Food Safety Display Board," "Food Safety Supervisor" and "balanced diet".
* References the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006 for other undefined terms.
* **Responsibilities of School Authorities:**
* School authorities selling or catering meals must register as FBOs and ensure food is safe and balanced.
* When contracting with FBOs, schools must ensure they are licensed/registered and provide safe, balanced food.
* Schools must ensure hygiene, display Food Safety Display Boards, and have Food Safety Supervisors.
* Prohibits the sale/promotion of foods high in saturated fats, trans fats, added sugar, or sodium in school premises.
* Requires prominent display of warnings against selling/marketing unhealthy foods at school entrances.
* Prohibits advertisements for unhealthy foods on school computers.
* **Promotion of Safe and Balanced Diets:**
* Encourages schools to promote safe food and balanced diets.
* Promotes the consumption of safe and balanced diets in school canteens/messes/kitchens based on dietary guidelines.
* FBOs supplying prepared meals must identify and select foods according to guidelines.
* Schools may engage nutritionists or seek parental support for menu planning.
* Crèches/daycares for young children (up to 24 months) should also serve safe and balanced diets.
* **Food Marketing and Advertising:**
* Prohibits advertisement, marketing or sale of foods high in saturated fats, trans fats, added sugar, or sodium within 50 meters of the school gate.
* Limits incentives and sponsorship activities related to unhealthy foods.
* Restricts marketing and distribution of unhealthy foods in schools through various channels.
* **Monitoring and Surveillance:**
* School authorities must regularly inspect premises to ensure safe, balanced, and hygienic food.
* May appoint a Health and Wellness Ambassador/Team to monitor food availability.
* State Food Authority will conduct surveillance and inspections of FBOs.
* Municipal corporations/local bodies/panchayats will ensure compliance.
* Failure to comply may result in action by the Central/State Food Authority.
* **State Level Advisory Committee:**
* The State Level Advisory Committee (SLAC) will create a subcommittee to monitor implementation.
* The subcommittee will include representatives from the Department of School Education and public health professionals.
* The subcommittee will recommend a list of food groups and preparations for school canteens/messes/kitchens.
* **Schedule: General Guidelines:**
* Mandatory mealtimes in schools to encourage healthy eating habits.
* Safe drinking water must be provided free of charge.
* Variety of foods across the week.
* Cereal-protein combination and micronutrient-rich meals.
* Use of whole grains, pulses, millets, and foods of animal origin.
* Fresh, seasonal, and local produce.
* Cooking oil/ghee in moderation, avoiding reheated fats/oils.
* Consideration for fortified foods.
* Provides a list of foods and beverages to include always, occasionally or to avoid.
Impact Analysis
* **School Authorities:**
* *Impact:* Increased responsibility for ensuring food safety and nutritional standards in schools, including registration/licensing, vendor oversight, and monitoring.
* *Action Required:* Register as FBOs if selling/catering meals, ensure contracted FBOs are licensed/registered, implement monitoring systems, restrict the sale/promotion of unhealthy foods, and promote healthy eating habits.
* **Food Business Operators (FBOs):**
* *Impact:* Must comply with licensing/registration requirements, adhere to food safety and hygiene standards, and restrict the sale/promotion of unhealthy foods in schools.
* *Action Required:* Obtain necessary licenses/registrations, ensure compliance with Schedule 4 standards, restrict the sale/marketing of unhealthy foods, and support balanced eating in schools.
* **Department of School Education:**
* *Impact:* Oversight role in ensuring FBOs contracted for midday meal schemes are registered/licensed and provide safe, balanced food.
* *Action Required:* Ensure all contracted FBOs are registered/licensed and provide safe, balanced food.
* **State Food Authority:**
* *Impact:* Responsible for conducting surveillance and inspections of FBOs to ensure compliance.
* *Action Required:* Conduct surveillance and periodic inspections of FBOs.
* **School Children:**
* *Impact:* Access to safer and more nutritious food options in schools.
* *Action Required:* N/A
* **Parents:**
* *Impact:* Increased confidence in the safety and nutritional value of food available to their children at school; potential opportunity to participate in menu planning.
* *Action Required:* N/A
Key Entities Referenced
Food Safety and Standards Authority of India: The regulatory body responsible for food safety and standards in India, referred to as 'Food Authority' in the document.
Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006: The primary legislation governing food safety and standards in India. (Act No. 34 of 2006)
Food Safety and Standards Safe food and healthy diets for School Children Regulations, 2019: The original regulation regarding safe food and healthy diets for school children.
Food Safety and Standards Safe food and balanced diets for children in school Regulations, 2020: The current regulation which is an update to the 2019 regulations.
Department of School Education: The central, state, or union territory department responsible for school education.
National Institute of Nutrition: An expert institution that provides guidance in form of Dietary guidelines for Indians.
Food Safety and Standards Licensing and Registration of Food Businesses Regulations, 2011: Regulations under which food businesses are licensed and registered.
New Delhi: Place of publication of the notification.
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tk, ¡ lkfsM;e oky s [kk| mRikn
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v#.k fl?a ky, eq[; dk;Zdkjh vf/kdkjh
[foKkiu& III@4@vlk-@211@2020&21]
MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
(Food Safety and Standards Authority of India)
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 4th September, 2020
F. No. 15(1)2016/School Children Regulation/Enf/FSSAI.—Whereas the Food Safety and
Standards (Safe food and healthy diets for School Children) Regulations, 2019 were published as required
under sub-section (1) of section 92 of the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006 (34 of 2006), vide
notification No. 15(1)2016/School Children Regulation/Enf/FSSAI, dated the 30th October, 2019, 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 the 4th November,
2019;
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 clause (v) of sub- section (2) of section 92
of the said Act, the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India with the previous approval of the Central
Government hereby makes the following regulations, namely:-
REGULATIONS
1. Short title and commencement.- (1) These regulations may be called the Food Safety and
Standards (Safe food and balanced diets for children in school) Regulations, 2020.
(2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette and food
business operator shall comply with all the provisions of these regulations with effect from
1st July, 2021, except sub-regulation (5) of regulations 3 and sub-regulation (1) of regulations 56 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY [PART III—SEC. 4]
which shall come into force only from such date as the Food Authority may, by notification in the
Official Gazette, appoint.
2. Definitions -(1) In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires,-
(a) “Act” means the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006;
(b) “Department of School Education” means the nodal department of concerned Central or
State or Union Territory administration that looks after the school education irrespective of
nomenclature;
(c) “Food handler” means a person who directly handles packaged or unpackaged food, food
preparation equipment and utensils or food contact surfaces;
(d) “food safety” means assurance that food is acceptable for human consumption according to
its intended use;
(e) “Food Safety Display Board” means an informative board displaying the Food Authority
registration or license number of the food business operator, basic food hygiene and safety
tips to be complied by the said operator and mechanism for obtaining consumer feedback on
the quality and safety of the food offered by it;
(f) “Food Safety Supervisor” means a person appointed by the food business operator and holds
a valid food safety certificate of training approved by the Food Authority;
(g) balanced diet” is one which provides all the nutrients including the essential micro nutrients
in required amounts and proper proportions;
(h) “Schools” means all types of schools whether pre-primary, primary, elementary, secondary,
day care or as the case may be, crèche (excluding crèches or day care for infants or children
up to the age of twenty-two months), or boarding run by private entities, local bodies,
government or aided by government;
(i) “School Authority” means Head of the Institution such as Principal, Headmaster, etc.,
Governing Body, Trust or any other entity set up to govern and manage the school;
(j) “School campus” means, for the purpose of these regulations, all areas of the property under
the jurisdiction of the school that is accessible to students during the school hours and for
residents of boarding schools or hostels;
(k) “School meals” means all food and beverages sold or supplied in the school campus through
canteens, school mess, hostel kitchens, vending machines or any other method and include all
meals served through mid-day meal kitchens and catered for students by the school;
(2) All other words and expression used herein and not defined, but defined in the Act, rules or regulations
made thereunder, shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Act, rules or regulations, respectively.
3. Responsibilities of School Authority to ensure safe food and balanced diets on school
premises.- (1) School Authority selling or catering school meals by itself in the school campus shall get
registered as a food business operator from the concerned authority under the provisions of the Act , rules
or regulations made thereunder and ensure that the food is safe and balanced.
(2) Any School Authority entering into a contract or transaction with a food business operators (FBOs)
selling or catering school meal on school campus shall ensure that such FBOs are duly registered or
licensed under the provisions of the Act, rules or regulations made thereunder and ensure that the food is
safe and balanced.
(3) The Department of School Education shall ensure that all FBOs contracted by it for operation of the
mid-day meal scheme are registered or licensed under the provisions of the Act, rules or regulations made
thereunder and ensure that the food is safe and balanced.
(4) The FBOs selling or catering food on school campus shall ensure compliance to the requirements of
sanitary and hygienic practices provided to the food manufacturers in Schedule 4, Food Safety Display
Board and Food Safety Supervisor(s) as specified under the Food Safety Standards (Licensing and
Registration of Food Businesses) Regulations, 2011.[भाग III—ख(cid:2) ड 4] भारत का राजप(cid:12) : असाधारण 7
(5) School Authority shall ensure that no person shall sell or offer for sale including free sale, or permit
sale, of food products high in saturated fat or trans-fat or added sugar or sodium in school premises or
campus.
(6) School Authority shall ensure that the board containing warning “Do not sell including free sale or
market or advertise the food products high in saturated fat or trans-fat or added sugar or sodium within
school premises or campus” in English or one Indian language as applicable, is displayed prominently at
the entrance gate or gates of the school.
(7) School Authority shall ensure that there shall not be any advertisement banner or wallpaper of food
which is high in saturated fat or trans-fat or added sugar or sodium on school computers.
4. Promotion of safe food and balanced diet in and around school campus.- (1) The Food Authority or
the State Food Authority shall encourage schools to adopt a comprehensive program for promoting safe
food and balanced diets amongst school children and meet specified benchmarks to convert school campus
into ‘Eat Right Campus’ that focus on serving of safe food and balanced diet, local and seasonal food and
no food waste.
(2) The School Authority shall encourage and promote consumption of a safe and balanced diet in the
school canteen or mess or kitchen based on guidance from “Dietary guidelines for Indians – A Manual”
issued by the National Institute of Nutrition and other expert institutions or authorities.
(3) The School Authority shall ensure that the FBOs supplying prepared school meals in the school
premises is are identified and selected foods which can be served or sold on the basis of the broad
guidelines given in the Schedule to these regulations and as per the directions, issued by the Food Authority
or the Commissioner of Food Safety of the state.
(4) The School Authority may engage with nutritionists, dietitians, nutrition associations or seek parental
support to assist in the drafting of the menu for the children, periodically.
(5) The crèches or day cares for infants or children up to the age of twenty-four months old are also
expected to serve safe and balanced diets to them.
5. Food marketing and advertisement and selling to children in school.- (1) No person shall advertise or
market or sell or offer for sale including free sale, or permit sale of, food products high in saturated fat or
trans-fat or added sugar or sodium in school campus or to school children in an area within fifty meters
from the school gate in any direction.
(2) When marketing foods to children in school premises or campus, the FBOs shall.-
(a) only offer premiums and incentives such as toys, trading cards, apparel, club memberships,
contests, reduced-price specials, or coupons with foods, meals, which is not high in
saturated fat or trans-fat or added sugar or sodium;
(b) use sponsorship of sporting, school, and other events for children only with food which is
not high in saturated fat or trans-fat or added sugar or sodium.
(3) FBOs shall support balanced eating in schools and not market, sell, or give away food which is high in
saturated fat or trans-fat or added sugar or sodium anywhere on school campuses, including through,-
(a) logos, brand names, spokes-characters, product names, or other product marketing on or in
vending machines; books, curricula, and other educational materials; school supplies;
posters; textbook covers; and school property such as scoreboards, signs, athletic fields,
buses, and buildings;
(b) educational incentive programs that provide food as a reward;
(c) direct sale of food which is high in saturated fat or trans-fat or added sugar or sodium;
(d) free samples or coupons;
(e) school fundraising activities.
6. Monitoring and surveillance.- (1) The School Authority shall have a system of regular inspection of
premises to ensure that safe, balanced and hygienic food is served to students. The School Authority may
appoint a Health and Wellness Ambassadoror Health and Wellness team, who shall act as the nodal persons
to monitor availability of safe, balanced and hygienic food.8 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY [PART III—SEC. 4]
(2) The State Food Authority shall conduct surveillance and periodic inspection of food business operators
covered under these regulations so as to ensure that compliance of the Act, rules or regulations made
thereunder are met.
(3) Any public authority like Municipal Corporation or any other local body or Panchayat in an area, as
may be notified, in addition to State Food Authority shall ensure the compliance of sub-regulation (1) of
regulation 5 of these regulations.
(4) If the School Authority, without reasonable grounds, fails to comply with the provisions under these
regulations, the Central or State Food Authority shall take up the matter with the concerned Department of
School Education or Affiliation Body, if any, to take appropriate action.
(5) The State Level Advisory committee (SLAC) constituted under sub-regulation 2.1.15 of the Food
Safety and Standards (Licensing and Registration of Food Businesses) Regulations, 2011 shall create a sub-
committee to monitor the implementation of these regulations and to ensure availability of safe and
wholesome food to school children.
(6) The sub-committee shall include representatives from the Department of School Education, and public
health professionals in the field of foods and nutrition. The sub-committee shall meet at least twice in a
year.
(7) The sub-committee shall recommend indicative list of food groups and preparations which shall be
served or sold in the school canteen or mess or kitchen within the State based on local variations in the diets
of people of that area and as per the broad guidelines given in the Schedule to these regulations.
SCHEDULE
[see regulation 4 (3) and 6 (7)]
General Guidance for Providing Safe food and balanced diet to Children
• Meal-times in schools shall be mandatory to inculcate healthy eating habits in children.
• Safe drinking water shall be provided to all students free of cost.
• A variety of foods to be provided across the week, as a general principle. The school menu shall be
cereal-protein combination and a micronutrient rich meal for students.
• A combination of whole grains, pulses, millets, foods of animal origin like milk, eggs, etc., shall be
used. Fresh, seasonal and local produce shall be utilised for the preparation of the meals.
• Cooking oil or ghee shall be used in moderation. Use of re-heated fats and oils shall be avoided.
• In order to prepare the meals more nutritious, fortified wheat flour, rice, milk, edible oil and double
fortified salt may be used strictly adhering the standards specified in the Food Safety and Standards
(Fortification of Foods) Regulations, 2018.
General guidance for selection of Foods
S.No. Inclusion in Menu List of Foods and Beverages*
1. Always a part of the menu – 75- 1. Cereals, Millets and Pulses – Such as whole wheat
80% of the foods should belong grain (atta), rice, Millets (ragi, bajra, etc.), Legumes
from this category (all dal and beans)
2. Milk, Milk products, egg, meat and fish –milk,
curd, yoghurt, lassi, butter milk,paneer, or milk
products, lean meat, chicken, fish, egg
3. Fruits and Vegetables –vegetables (including green
leafy vegetables: other vegetables and roots and
tubers) Fresh fruits (Local and seasonal produce)
4. Oils, fats, nuts and oilseeds – walnuts, almonds,
pistachios, roasted nuts without salt or sugar,
groundnuts, sesame seeds, etc.[भाग III—ख(cid:2) ड 4] भारत का राजप(cid:12) : असाधारण 9
5. Processed/cooked Foods–Freshly made soup,
porridge, beverages with no added sugar, stir fried
vegetables, snacks - boiled, baked or steamed, cereal
or pulses based such as idli, upma, poha, khandvi,
dhokla, cheela, namkin daliya, etc.
2. To be eaten occasionally – in 1. Desserts - Ice-creams, milk-based and dairy based
small portion size and reduced sweet/desserts
frequency
2. Packed foods- cheese, canned and preserved
(e.g., once in a week) vegetable, packaged meat or fish products,
fruits/vegetables/cereal/pulses based snacks, nuts and
seeds.
3. Bakery Products - white breads, biscuits,
4. Beverages - Packaged soups and juices cereal or
malt based beverages, flavoured soya milk, etc.
3. Not to be made available in the Food products high in saturated fat or trans-fat or
school, hostel, etc. added sugar or sodium.
* These lists of products are illustrative only.
ARUN SINGHAL, Chief Executive Officer
[ADVT.-III/4/Exty./211/2020-21]
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