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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/IND/21 
27 June 2005 
 (05-2743) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION  
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   INDIA
 
If applicable, name of local government involved: 
2. Agency responsible:   Ministry of Food Processing Industries, Government of India 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item numbe r(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where 
applicable):  All food items including proces sed food and re lated items. 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  All 
trading partners exporting products mentioned under item 3 to India. 
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:   Food Safety and 
Standards Act, 2005 (available in English/Hindi, 55 pages).  
6. Description of content:  A Bill to bring about a single statute relating to food and to lay 
down science-based standards for articles of food and regulate their manufacture, import, 
export, storage, distribution and sale, to ensure availability of safe and wholesome food for human consumption (including othe r matters relating thereto) and to establish in that behalf 
Food Safety and Standards Authority of India.    
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. International standard, guideline or recommendation:  
[ X ] Codex Alimentarius Commission, [   ] World Organization for Animal Health 
(OIE), [   ] International Plant Protection Convention, [   ] None  
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate 
reference and briefly identify deviations:    
The contents of this proposed Act is in  line with the CODEX Standards/Guidelines/ 
Recommendations to the extent possible. 
9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  The Food Safety and 
Standards Bill, 2005, is on the web-site of the  Ministry of Food  Processing Industries and 
can be accessed at http://mofpi.nic.in/foodsfty.htm   
10. Proposed date of adoption:   The Food Safety and Standards Bill, 2005, has not yet been 
passed by the Parliament.  It is expected that the Bill may get passed by the end of the year  
2005 or early 2006.  Once it is passed by the I ndian Parliament it would soon be adopted.  
11. Proposed date of entry into force:   After getting the Bill adopted (tentatively by the end of 
2005 or early 2006). G/SPS/N/IND/21 
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 12. Final date for comments:  1 September 2005 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [   ] National notification 
authority, [ X ] National enquiry point, or  address, fax number and E-mail address (if 
available) of other body:    
Shri A. N. P. Sinha, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Food Processing Industries, Government 
of India, Panchsheel Bhawan, August Kranti Marg, New Delhi,  Tel:  +9111- 26492475;     
Fax:  +9111-26497641, India. E-mail:  anpsinha@mofpi.delhi.nic.in
 
13. Texts available from:  [   ] National notificati on authority, [ X ] National enquiry point, 
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body: 
Website of the Ministry of Food Processing Industries, Government of India. 
(http://mofpi.nic.in ) and  [http://mofpi.nic.in/foodsfty.htm ] and also from   
Shri A. N. P. Sinha, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Food Processing Industries, Government 
of India, Panchsheel Bhawan, August Kranti Marg, New Delhi,  Tel:  +9111- 26492475;    
Fax:  +9111-26497641, India. E-mail:  anpsinha@mofpi.delhi.nic.in