With a view to prohibit the blending in mustard oil and to facilitate the manufacture and sale of pure mustard oil for domestic consumption, the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (“FSSAI”) has published the draft Food Safety and Standards (Prohibition and Restrictions on Sales) Amendment Regulations, 2020 (“Draft Regulations”) to propose further amendments to the Food Safety and Standards (Prohibition and Restrictions on Sales ) Regulations, 2011 (“Principal Regulations”).
Objections and suggestions on the Draft Regulations may be addressed to the Chief Executive Officer, Food Safety and Standards Authority of India, FDA Bhawan, Kotla Road, New Delhi- 110002 or sent on e-mail at regulation@fssai.gov.in by 10th January, 2021.
The Draft Regulations will come into force either on 1st January, 2021 or 1st July, 2021, subject to a minimum of 180 days from the date of final publication in the Official Gazette.
Proposed Changes:
| Principal Regulations | Draft Regulations |
| Regulation 2.1(10)- Sale of certain admixtures prohibited
milk or a milk product specified in Food Safety and Standards (Food Products Standards and Food Additives) regulations, 2011 containing a substance not found in milk, except as provided in the regulations. Provided that the Central Government or the Food Authority may, by notification in the Official Gazette exempt any preparations made of soluble extracts of coffee from the operation of this regulation. 1 [Provided further that proprietary food articles, as defined in sub- Regulation 2.12.1of the Food safety and Standards (Food Products Standards and Foods Additives) Regulation,2011
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Regulation 2.1(10)- Sale of certain admixtures prohibited
milk or a milk product specified in Food Safety and Standards (Food Products Standards and Food Additives) regulations, 2011 containing a substance not found in milk, except as provided in the regulations. Provided that the Central Government or the Food Authority may, by notification in the Official Gazette exempt any preparations made of soluble extracts of coffee from the operation of this regulation. 1 [Provided further that proprietary food articles, as defined in sub- Regulation 2.12.1of the Food safety and Standards (Food Products Standards and Foods Additives) Regulation,2011
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“(11) Any Multi sourced edible vegetable oil containing Mustard Oil manufactured on or after 1st October,2020” |
| sub-regulation 2.3.14: Restrictions relating to conditions for sale
(1) No person shall store, expose for sale or permit the sale of any insecticide in the same premises where articles of food are stored, manufactured or exposed for sale: Provided that nothing in this regulation shall apply to the approved household insecticides which have been registered as such under the Insecticides Act 1968 (46 of 1968). Explanation.—For the purpose of this regulation, the word ‘insecticide’ has the same meaning as assigned to it in the Insecticides Act, 1968 (46 of 1968).
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(11)The Blended Edible Vegetable Oils shall not be sold in loose form. It shall be sold in sealed package weighing not more than 3 [15 Kilograms]. The container having blended edible vegetable oil shall be tamper proof. It shall also not be sold under the common or generic name of the oil used in the blend but shall be sold as “Blended Edible Vegetable Oil”. The sealed package shall be sold or offered for sale only under AGMARK certification mark bearing the label declarations as provided in the Regulations besides other labelling requirements under the Regulation 2.4.2of Food Safety and Standards (Packaging and Labelling) regulations, 2011. |
sub-regulation 2.3.14: Restrictions relating to conditions for sale
(1) No person shall store, expose for sale or permit the sale of any insecticide in the same premises where articles of food are stored, manufactured or exposed for sale: Provided that nothing in this regulation shall apply to the approved household insecticides which have been registered as such under the Insecticides Act 1968 (46 of 1968). Explanation.—For the purpose of this regulation, the word ‘insecticide’ has the same meaning as assigned to it in the Insecticides Act, 1968 (46 of 1968).
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(11)The Blended Edible Vegetable Oils Multi sourced edible vegetable oil shall not be sold in loose form. It shall be sold in sealed package weighing not more than 3 [15 Kilograms]. The container having Blended Edible Vegetable Oils Multi sourced edible vegetable oil shall be tamper proof. It shall also not be sold under the common or generic name of the oil used in the blend but shall be sold as “Blended Edible Vegetable Oils Multi sourced edible vegetable oil”. The sealed package shall be sold or offered for sale only under AGMARK certification mark bearing the label declarations as provided in the Regulations besides other labelling requirements under the Regulation 2.4.2of Food Safety and Standards (Packaging and Labelling) regulations, 2011.
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Source: Food Safety and Standards Authority of India
