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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): Phytosterols as food ingredient

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 amendment on Food Safety and Standards (Food Products Standards and Food Additives) Regulations, 2015, and Food Safety and Standards (Packaging and Labelling) Regulations, 2015, dated 30 July 2015   Language(s): English and Hindi  Number of pages: 6

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Description of content: The draft amendment on Food Safety and Standards (Food Products Standards and Food Additives) Regulations, 2015, and Food Safety and Standards (packaging and Labelling) Regulations, 2015, details the standards of use of Phytosterols as food ingredient. [Food Safety and Standards (Food Product Standards and Food Additives) Regulations, 2015: Regulation 3.1.17 and Food Safety and Standards (Packaging and Labelling Regulations, 2015: Regulation 2.4.5]

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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, JECFA [Monograph 5 (2008)]

[ ]        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:  

9.

Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available: The Gazette of India Extraordinary PART III - Section 4 dated 30 July 2015 (available in English and Hindi)

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 a minimum of 180 days from the date of final notification of these regulations 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): 14 November 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:

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/