G/SPS/N/IND/123  
 
4 January 2016  
(16-0028)  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; IC S numbers should be provided in 
addition, where applicable): Irradiation of 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 Standard (Food Product 
Standard and Food Additives) Amendment Regulation, 2015 and Draft Food Safety and Standards (Packaging and Labelling) (Amendment) Regulations, 2015  Language(s): 
English  Number of pages: 6 
6. Description of content: The draft Food Safety and Standard (Food Products Standards 
and Food Additives) (Amendment) Regulations, 2015 and the draft Food Safety and 
Standards (Packaging and Labelling) (Amendment) Regulations, 2015, detail the 
inclusion of New Atomic Energy (Radiation Processing of Food and Allied Products), Rules, 2012 and labelling requirement of irradiated foods. 
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 st andard? If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g. title or serial  n u m b e r  o f  C o d e x  
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   [ ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:   G/SPS/N/IND/123 
 
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  9. Other relevant documents and language (s) in which these are available:  
The Gazette of India Extraordinary PART III - Section 4 (Draft F. No. 1-
120(1)/Standards/Irradiation/FSSAI-2015 & Draft F. No. 1-
120(2)/Standard/Irradiation/FSSAI-2015 (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) : 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) : 4 March 2016 
Agency or authority designated to hand le comments: [ ] National Notification 
Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e-mail address 
(if available) of other body:  
Mr P. Karthikeyan 
Assistant Director 
SPS Enquiry Point Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) 
FDA Bhawan, Kotla Road 
New Delhi - 110002, India Tel: +(011) 2323 7419 Fax: +(011) 2322 0994 
E-mail: baranip@yahoo.com 
Website: http://www.fssai.gov.in/  
13. Text(s) available from: [ ] National Notifi cation 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 
Assistant Director SPS Enquiry Point Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) 
FDA Bhawan, Kotla Road 
New Delhi - 110002, India Tel: +(011) 2323 7419 
Fax: +(011) 2322 0994 
E-mail: baranip@yahoo.com Website: http://www.fssai.gov.in/