G/SPS/N/IND/276  
 
13 January 2022  
(22-0299) 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 
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, 2021 . Language(s):  English . 
Number of pages:  38 
6. Description of content:  The Draft Food Safety and Standards (Food Products Standards 
and Food Additives) Amendment Regulations, 2021 related to   list of Standards for Sheep 
Milk, Parameters to differentiate Refined Olive Oil and extra Virgin Oil, Moringa Oil, 
standards of grated  Desiccated coconut, standards of Wheat Flour or Resultant Wheat 
flour, common standards for all types of millets, Inclusion of Mithun (Bos frontalis ) meat 
in the standard on fresh or chilled or frozen beef and shelf life of fresh eggs, replacement 
of Para meter ‘Protein Efficiency Ratio (PER)' with ‘PDCAAS' in ‘Edible Fish Powder' 
Standard, Deletion of Parameter ‘Total Volatile Base (Nitrogen)' TVBN from Fish and 
Fishery Products, Limit on reducing sugar to curb addition of white sugar in sugarcane 
Jaggery and Palmyrah Jaggery, standard for Refined Iodized Salt,   Low Sodium Salt, 
Additional labelling provision for ‘Low Sodium Salt', Dried Sweet Marjoram, Coconut 
Neera,  Liquid nitrogen dosing in ‘Natural Mineral Water' and ‘Packaged Drinking 
Water',  Substan ces added to Food,   standard of Steviol Glycoside, Microbiological 
Standards for Health Supplements, Nutraceuticals, Food for Special Dietary Use, Food for 
Special Medical Purpose, Functional Food and Novel Food, Inclusion of processing aid 
(Diatomaceous e arth) as a filter aid for Honey.  
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 Cod e, chapter number) :  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM number) :  G/SPS/N/IND/276  
 
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  [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:  
https://www.fssai.gov.in/notifica tions.php?notification=wto -sps-notification   
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : Yet to be decided.  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) :  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [  ] Six months from date of publication , 
and/or  (dd/mm/yy) : They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the 
Official Gazette.  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [X]  Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 14 March 2022  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [  ] National Notification 
Authority, [X]  National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address 
(if avai lable) 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  
Email: 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 (i f 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  
Email: spstbt.enqpt@fssai.gov.in  
Website: http://www.fssai.gov.in/