FSSAI issues detailed graphic specification of Vegan Logo

Vegan Logo

 Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has drawn reference
to Food Safety and Standards (Vegan Foods) Regulations, 2022  gazette notified on 10th June, 2022 and came in force w.e.f. its publication in the official Gazette.

FSSAI as per the sub-regulation 5(2) of FSS (Vegan Foods) Regulations, 2022 issued “Guidelines dated 25th July, 2022 for submission of applications for endorsement of vegan logo and formats” for the approval from the Authority.

FSSAI has clarified that upon approval of the application as per Form B, the Food Business Operators are eligible to use the vegan logo. The sub-regulation 4(2) of the FSS (Vegan Foods) Regulations, 2022 states the following­ “Every package of vegan foods, after the approval, shall carry the logo as specified below”.

In reference to the above, the detailed graphic specification of the Vegan logo is placed at the Annexure-1. Notably the above directions have been issued with the approval of the Competent Authority in exercise of the power vested under Section 16(5) of Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006

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FSSAI Amends Labeling and Display Amendment Regulations 2021

 The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI)  came up with a Gazette Notification of Food Safety and Standards (Labeling and Display) Amendment Regulations 2021 with amendments in font size and exemptions etc.

The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India hereby makes the following regulations further to amend the Food Safety and Standards (Labelling and Display) Regulations, 2020, namely: - 

1. (1) These regulations may be called the Food Safety and Standards (Labelling and Display)         First Amendment Regulations, 2022. 

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

2. In the Food Safety and Standards (Labelling and Display) Regulations, 2020 (herein after refer as said regulations), - 

        (1) in regulation 5, - 

            (i) in sub-regulation (3), - 

         (a) in clause (b)(ii) (C), - 

        (A) for second proviso, the following proviso shall be substituted, namely: - “Provided that              saturated fat and trans fat to be given only if total fat content is more than 0.5% in                     final food.” 

        (B) after the second proviso, the following proviso shall be inserted, namely: - 

                “Provided further that cholesterol content to be given only for products containing                     fats of animal origin and where total fat content is more than 0.5%.” 

            (b) for clause (c) (xi), the following shall be substituted, namely, - 

                 “(xi) Chewing gum and bubble gum”; 

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FSSAI’s Gazette Notification on Prohibition and Restriction on Sales Second Amendment Regulations 2022

 

Food Safety and Standards Authority of India have released The draft of the Food Safety and Standards (Prohibition and Restrictions on Sales) Amendment Regulations, 2021, were published by Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006 (34 of 2006). The  vide notification of the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India, F.No.Stds./03/Notification(IFR)/FSSAI -   2017(part-3), published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, part III, Section 4, dated the 06th September, 2021. The objections and suggestions from all persons likely to be affected have been invited before the expiry of the period of sixty days from the date on which the copies of the Official Gazette containing the said notifications were made available to the public;

Notably,  the  copies  of  the  said  Gazette  were  made  available  to  the  public  on  the 08th September, 2021 .FSSAI has considered the suggestions received from the public.

Consequently, in exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (2) of section 92 of the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006 (34 of 2006), the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India makes the following regulations to amend the Food Safety and Standards (Prohibition and Restrictions on Sales) Regulations, 2011, namely: –

Regulations

• Short title and commencement. – 

1.  These regulations may be called the Food Safety and Standards (Prohibition and Restrictions on Sales) First Amendment Regulations, 2022.
2. They shall come into force on 1st April, 2023.

•  In  the  Food  Safety  and  Standards  (Prohibition  and  Restrictions  on  Sales)  Regulations,  2011 (hereinafter referred as said regulations), –

1. In regulation 2.3, in sub-regulation 2.3.14, for clause (4), the following shall be substituted, namely: –

“No person shall manufacture, sell, store or exhibit for sale food for infant nutrition, except under Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) Certification Mark, wherever BIS standards are available”.

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