G/SPS/N/IND/272  
 
12 November 2021  
(21-8602) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  NOTIFICATION  
1. Notifying Member:  INDIA  
If applicable, name of local government involved:   
2. Agency responsible:  Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI)  
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national 
schedules deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, 
where applicable):  Food products  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable : 
[X] All trading partners   
[ ] Specific regions or countries:   
5. Title of the notified document:  Draft Food Safety and Standards (Food Products 
Standards and Food Additives) Amendment Regulations, 2018 . Language(s):  English and 
Hindi. Number of pages:  17 
6. Description of content:  Draft Food Safety and Standards (Food Products Standards and 
Food Additives) Amendment Regulations, 2021 relating to:  
(i) Lowering of fat content for Double toned milk (DTM);  
(ii) Omission of "curd" bracketed with Dahi in 2.1.13;  
(iii) Omission of sub-regulation 2.1.19 relating to 'Foods for infant nutrition';  
(iv) Standards for Basmati Rice;  
(v) In 2.4.11 (4) w.r.t. protein and its quality specified under Formulated Supplements 
for Children;  
(vi) Amendment in standards for Comminuted or Restructured Meat Produc ts;  
(vii) Amendment in the ash content for Guinea fowl eggs in the standards for 'Fresh eggs '; 
(viii)  Limit of naturally occurring formaldehyde in finfish and shellfish;  
(ix) Change in labelling declaration from 'contains vegetable fat ' to 'cocoa butter 
equivalent ' in cas e of chocolates ; 
(x) Deletion of the parameter 'calcium content expressed as calcium oxide on dry basis' 
for Nutmeg (whole) ; 
(xi) In sub-regulation 2.9.30 'Iron fortified iodized salt (Double fortified salt)';  
(xii) Relating to Chapter 3: Appendix A &C.  
7. Objective and rationale: [X]  food safety, [  ] animal health, [  ] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [  ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests.   
8. Is there a relevant international standard? If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text) :  
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g.  Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) :  G/SPS/N/IND/272  
 
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  [ ] International P lant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM number) :  
[X] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?  
[ ] Yes   [  ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:   
9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  
F. No. STD/Notifications/35.1/2021,  available  in English: 
https://fssai.gov.in/notif ications.php?notification=wto -sps-notification   
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : Yet to be decided.  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : Yet to be decided.  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [  ] Six months from date of publication , and/o r 
(dd/mm/yy) : Yet to be decided.  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [X]  Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 11 January 2022  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [  ] National Notification 
Authority, [X]  National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if 
available) of other body:   
Mr. P. Karthikeyan  
Deputy Director  
SPS Enquiry Point  
Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI)  
FDA Bhawan, Kotla Road  
New Delhi - 110002, India  
Tel: +(011) 2323 1681  
Fax: +(011) 2322 0994  
E-mail: spstbt.enqpt@fssai.gov.in  
Website: http://www.fssai.gov.in/  
13. Text(s) available from: [  ] National Notification  Authority, [X]  National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other body:   
Website of the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India, http://www.fssai.gov.in . 
 
Mr. P. Karthikeyan  
Deputy Director  
SPS Enquiry Point  
Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI)  
FDA Bhawan, Kotla Road  
New Delhi - 110002, India  
Tel: +(011) 2323 1681  
Fax: +(011) 2322 0994  
E-mail: spstbt.enqpt@fssai.gov.in  
Website: http://www.fssai.gov.in/