G/SPS/N/IND/257  
 
25 November 2020  
(20-8532) 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 (Health Supplements, 
Nutraceuticals, Food for Special Dietary Use, Food for Special Medical Purpose, Functional 
food and Novel food) amendment Regulations, 2020. Language(s):  English . 
Number  of pages:  98 
6. Description of content:  The Draft Food Safety and Standards (Health Supplements, 
Nutraceuticals, Food for Special Dietary Use, Food for Special Medical Purpose, Functional 
food and Novel food) amendment Regulations, 2018 related to revision of List of plant or 
botanical ingredients, List of food additive s for health supplements, List of ingredients as 
Nutraceuticals, List of strains as probiotics, List of prebiotic compounds, FSDU for sports 
person, Standards for ingredient (Psyllium husk) and certain other paras.  
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) :  
[ ] 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/257  
 
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  9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  
https://fssai.gov.in/notifications.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/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) : 24 January 2021  
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  
Assistant Director; SPS Enquiry Point,  
Food Safety and Stand ards 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 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 Bh awan, 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/