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Notifying Member: India

If applicable, name of local government involved:  

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Agency responsible: Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI)

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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): Standards for Food Additives

4.

Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:

[X]    All trading partners  

[ ]      Specific regions or countries:  

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Title of the notified document: Draft Food Safety and Standard (Food Products Standards and Food Additives) Amendment Regulation, 2015  Language(s): English  Number of pages: 319

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Description of content: The draft amendment notification of Food Safety and Standards (Food Products Standards and Food Additives) Regulations, 2011 details the Standards for Food Additives for use in certain food categories or individual food items. [Food Safety and Standards (Food Products Standards and Food Additives) Regulations, 2011; Regulation 3.1 and Appendix A]

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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.  

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Is there a relevant international standard? If so, identify the standard:

[X]      Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g. title or serial number of Codex standard or related text) GSFA, "Codex General Standard for Food Additives" (GSFA, Codex STAN 192-1995)

[ ]        World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic Animal Health Code, chapter number)  

[ ]        International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM number)  

[ ]        None

Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard? 

[X] Yes   [ ] No

If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the international standard:

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Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available: The Gazette of India Extraordinary PART III – Section 4, [Pre-draft F. No. 11/09/Reg/Harmoniztn/2014 (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. 

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Proposed date of entry into force: [ ] Six months from date of publication, and/or (dd/mm/yy): They shall come into force with effect from the ensuing 1 January or 1 July of the year, as the case may be, subject to minimum of 180 days from the date of final notification of these regulations in the Official Gazette.

[ ]      Trade facilitating measure  

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Final date for comments: [X] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the notification and/or (dd/mm/yy): 4 October 2015

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 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/

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Text(s) available from: [ ] 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/