G/SPS/N/IND/227  
 
14 December 2018  
(18-7907) 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 o r 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.  
Number of pages: 17 
6. Description of content: Draft Food Safety and Standards (Food Products Standards and 
Food Additives) Amendment Regulations, 2018 relating to:  (i) Deletion of bellier test; 
(ii) Refined vegetable oil; (iii) Blended edible vegetable o il; (iv) Reduction in trans -fat; 
(v) Cherries with stem; (vi) Processed fruit juice; (vii) Pr ocessed vegetable juice; 
(viii) Cashew Kernel; (ix) Water chestnut flour (Singhare ka Atta); (x) Colouring foods; 
(xi) Definition in 2.5.1; (xii) Animal casings; ( xiii) Frozen egg products; (xiv) Egg powder; 
(xv) Liquid egg products; (xvi) Pickled eggs; (xvii) Pa steurized fish sausage; 
(xviii)  Pasteurised crab meat; (xix) Gelatin  from fish processing waste; (xx) Use of 
mineral water in non -alcoholic beverages; (xxi) Baking powder; (xxii) Amendment in 2.12 
(Proprietary Food); (xxiii) TSS content in the fruits and vegetables products.  
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 Commissio n (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   [  ] No G/SPS/N/IND/227  
 
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  If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:  
9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these a re available: 
File No. 1-116/Scientific Committee/Notif./2010 -FSSAI, available in English:  
https://www.fssai.gov.in/home/fss -legislation/wto -notifications/wto -sps-
notifications.html   
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) : 12 February 2019  
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) 23231681  
Fax: +(011) 23220994  
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 availa ble) 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) 23231681  
Fax: +(011) 23220994  
E-mail: spstbt.enqpt@fssai.gov.in  
Website: http://www.fssai.gov.in/