India | Draft Food Safety and Standards (Prohibition and Restrictions on Sales) Amendment Regulations relating to revision in mandatory certification of AGMARK

Title of document
Draft Food Safety and Standards (Prohibition and Restrictions on Sales) Amendment Regulations, 2019 relating to revision in mandatory certification of AGMARK and Bureau of Indian standards (BIS) (2 pages, in Hindi and English)

Description
Draft Food Safety and Standards (Prohibition and Restrictions on Sales) Amendment Regulations, 2019 w.r.t removal of mandatory certification of AGMARK for Carbia callosa, Honey Dew, Kangra Tea and Til oil and revision in the mandatory certification of BIS for infant milk food, infant formula, milk cereal based weaning food, processed cereal based weaning food, follow up formula, Condensed milk sweetened, condensed skimmed milk sweetened, milk powder, skimmed milk powder, partly skimmed milk powder, partly skimmed sweetened condensed milk, packaged drinking water and mineral water.

Notifying member: India

Notification: G/TBT/N/IND/98

Objective tag
Reducing trade barriers and facilitating trade

Objective
To avoid unnecessary trade barriers on multiple certification process.

Agency responsible
Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI)

Timing:

• Submission: 02/05/2019
• Reception: 02/05/2019
• Distribution: 07/05/2019
• Final date for comments: 06/07/2019
• Proposed date of adoption: N/A