The Safety and Food Standards of India (FSSAI) has presented a consultation document that proposes to restrict permission to manufacture certain products to commercial food operators that have only state and central licenses. These products include children’s food products, sweet condensed milk, packaged drinking water, mineral water and milk powders. The authority has sought comments from interested parties about it.
Currently, commercial food operators that manufacture these products must obtain the FSSAI registration or license based on their election.
Previously, product manufacturers such as child nutrition, alcohol consumption in packaging and mineral water and condensed rounded milk should obtain the mandatory certification of the Indian Standards Office FSSAI Registration or License. However, in 2024, the Government decided to eliminate mandatory bis certification requirements as part of its efforts to guarantee the ease of making measures.
In an attempt to strengthen the compliance ecosystem, now FSSAI is proposing that existing registered companies that manufacture thesis products should go to the mandatory loail. He is also proposing that new players with the intention of manufacturing high -risk products will need to obtain a state or central license to manufacture thesis products. Therefore, it proposes to restrict companies that have the FSSAI registration to have permission to make these products.
Reasons
The authority indicated that the registration of the obligation implies less compliance obligations compared to licenses. Commercial food operators obtained by the FSSAI registration are not obliged to submit product analysis test reports. Unlike license holders, it is also not mandatory for the FBO with the registration to submit annual statements, have qualified technical personnel for supervision of the production process and carry out third -party audits. They only need to meet very basic hygiene and health standards compared to licensed FBOs. “In addition, registered FBOs can lack the technical, financial and infrastructural capacities to guarantee safe production, especially for products that technically demand, such as infostes and piable water picked water,” FSSAI said in his consultation document.
“To further strengthen the compliance ecosystem, it has one leg to propose that new records and renewal of the existing record for the manufacture of specific products will not be allowed. Only state or central licenses will be allowed,” Cató.
The authority said that once finished, a special unit will be carried out to convert the existing registered FBOs in the license category. He also said that approximately a six -month transition period will be administered to allow the FBO to change to the licensing category. According to their estimates, there are 11,000 commercial food operators that manufacture these products and keep the FSSAI registry.
Posted on May 2, 2025