FSSAI approves amendments in rules to eliminate Agmark, BIS certification for meals merchandise

The Meals Security and Requirements Authority of India (FSSAI) on Monday mentioned that numerous amendments in meals security rules have been accredited to to eliminate Bureau of Indian Requirements (BIS) or Agmark certifications for meals merchandise. In keeping with the idea of “One Nation, One Commodity, One Regulator”, the meals security authority mentioned that when these amendments are finalised, meals companies will solely require obligatory FSSAI certification and never want certifications from different authorities. This transfer will facilitate ease of doing enterprise, it added. . reg

The meals security authority’s 43 rd assembly was held just lately in New Delhi below the chairmanship of Well being Secretary Apurva Chandra the place a number of amendments to streamline meals security and stadards rules had been accredited.

Amendments

“Numerous amendments throughout totally different Meals Security and Requirements Laws had been accredited within the assembly to eliminate Bureau of Indian Requirements (BIS) or AGMARK certification for meals merchandise. After the amendments are finalised, meals companies wouldn’t should go to totally different authorities for obligatory certification with solely FSSAI certification being made obligatory for meals merchandise,” the official assertion added.

Requirements for hone wine, alcholic ready-to-drink drinks, revision of requirements of milk fats merchandise amongst others had been additionally accredited on the assembly. “The Meals Authority can also be going to set requirements for ‘Haleem’ as a part of requirements for meat merchandise. Haleem is a dish manufactured from meat, pulses, grains and different substances, which at present don’t have any set requirements,” the assertion added.

A complete guide of strategies of research for making certain regulatory compliance of the meals merchandise was additionally accredited. ‘The amendments throughout totally different Meals Security and Requirements Laws had been accredited within the assembly for draft notification to ask stakeholder feedback earlier than finalisation. These rules included the revision of requirements of Milk Fats Merchandise, as a part of which the fatty acid necessities for Ghee may even be relevant for different milk fats merchandise,” the official assertion added.

FSSAI CEO G Kamala Vardhana Rao, CEO, FSSAI; officers from the Ministry of Well being and Household Welfare, Ministry of Commerce, Ministry of Shopper Affairs, Meals and Public Distribution, Ministry of Legislation and Justice, Ministry of Micro amongst others attended the assembly. Representatives from business associations, shopper organisations, analysis institutes and farmers’ organisations had been additionally current within the assembly.