F.No. Stds/O&F/Notification(1)/FSSAI-2016.—The following draft of certain regulations, further to amend the Food Safety and Standards (Food Products Standards and Food Additives) Regulations, 2011, which the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India proposes to make with previous approval of the Central Government, in exercise of the powers conferred by clause (e) of sub-section (2) of section 92 read with section 16 of the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006 (34 of 2006) is hereby published as required under the said sub-section (1) of section 92 of the said Act for the information of all persons likely to be affected thereby, and notice is hereby given that the said draft regulations shall be taken into consideration after the expiry of the period of thirty days from the date on which copies of the Official Gazette in which this notification is published are made available to the public.

Objections or suggestions, if any, may be addressed to the Chief Executive Officer, Food Safety and Standards Authority of India, Food and Drug Administration Bhawan, Kotla Road, New Delhi- 110002 or sent on email at regulation@fssai.gov.in.

Objections or suggestions which may be received from any person with respect to the said draft regulations before the expiry of period so specified, shall be considered by the Food Authority.

DRAFT REGULATIONS

Short title and commencement. – (1) These regulations may be called the Food Safety and Standards (Food Products Standards and Food Additives) Amendment Regulations, 2016.

(2) They shall come into force on the date of their final publication in the official Gazette.

In the Food Safety and Standards (Food Products Standards and Food Additives) Regulations, 2011 (hereinafter referred to as the said regulations),-

(A)in regulation 1.2, in sub-regulation 18, in item (iv), after the words “citric acid”, the words “and any suitable food grade enzyme” shall be inserted;

(B) In regulation 2.2 of the said regulations,- (i) in sub-regulation 2.2.1, (a) in clause 1, the portion starting with the words “Further, if the oil is obtained” and ending with the words “Hexane more than 5.00 ppm” shall be omitted; (b) after clause 24, the following clause shall be inserted, namely:- “25. Edible vegetable oils may be fortified with the following vitamins, namely:-

For more detail refer:

http://www.fssai.gov.in/Portals/0/Pdf/Draft_Notification_Fats_Oils_Oats_Pasta_12_07_2016.pdf