G/SPS/N/IND/242  
 
20 August 2019  
(19-5360) 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, 2019 . Language(s):  English . 
Number of pages:  12 
6. Description of content:  These regulations prescribe the amendment relating to 
inclusion of standard of monk fruit, standards for biscuits, bread and bread -type products, 
jowar (sorghum grains), maida (refined wheat flour), semolina (suji or rawa), breakfast 
cereal, pearl millet flour, sorghum flour, sucralose, cumin (whole & powder), iron fortified 
common salt, dried thyme, review of gluten free and low gluten product standard, 
trehalose , inclusion of tocopherols in the food category 1.7 "dairy based dessert", limits 
of benzoate s in the food category 14.1.4 and 14.1.4.2, additional processing aids for use 
in various food categories, microbiological standards for egg and egg products and 
procedures /protocols for retesting of microbiologically contaminated samples.  
7. Objective a nd 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) :  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM number) :  
[X] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?  
[ ] Yes   [X] No  
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international stand ard:  G/SPS/N/IND/242  
 
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  9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:   
File No. 1 -116/Scientific Committee/Notif.27/2010 -FSSAI.  
https://fssai.gov.in/notifications.php?notification=wto -sps-notification  (available in 
English)  
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/or  (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) : 19 October 2019  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [  ] National Notification 
Authority, [X]  National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address 
(if av ailable) 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 (if available) of othe r 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/