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The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India issues the Food Safety and Standards (Prohibition and Restrictions on sales) Amendment Regulations, 2026, to amend the 2011 regulations by omitting clause (8) in sub-regulation 2.3.14 of regulation 2.3.

Detailed Summary

The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI), exercising powers conferred by section 92 of the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006 (34 of 2006), issued the Food Safety and Standards (Prohibition and Restrictions on sales) Amendment Regulations, 2026, on May 23, 2026, under notification No. SS-T0FA(NOTI)/3/2024-Standard-FSSAI. These regulations amend the Food Safety and Standards (Prohibition and Restrictions on sales) Regulations, 2011, by specifically omitting clause (8) in sub-regulation 2.3.14 of regulation 2.3. A draft of these amendments was previously published as required under sub-section (1) of section 92 of the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006, vide notification number REG-11027/2/2022-Regulation-FSSAI, dated October 3, 2024, in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part III, section 4, dated October 4, 2024. Copies of the said official Gazette were made available to the public on October 7, 2024, for sixty days to invite objections and suggestions, which were subsequently considered by FSSAI. The 2026 Amendment Regulations will come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette. The original Food Safety and Standards (Prohibition and Restrictions on sales) Regulations, 2011, were published on August 1, 2011, vide notification number F. No. 2-15015/30/2010, and were last amended on October 17, 2024, vide notification number REG-11027/2/2022-Regulation-FSSAI. The notification is signed by Rajit Punhani, Chief Executive Officer.

Full Text

REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99 The Gazette of India CG-DL-E-02062026-273066 EXTRAORDINARY PART III—Section 4 PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 346] NEW DELHI, WEDNESDAY, MAY 27, 2026/JYAISHTHA 6, 1948 3777 GI/2026 (1) 2 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY [PART III—SEC.4] FOOD SAFETY AND STANDARDS AUTHORITY OF INDIA NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 23rd May, 2026 No. SS-T0FA(NOTI)/3/2024-Standard-FSSAI.—Whereas a draft of certain regulations further to amend the Food Safety and Standards (Prohibition and Restrictions on sales) Regulations, 2011, were published as required under sub-section (1) of section 92 of the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006 (34 of 2006) vide notification of the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India number REG-11027/2/2022-Regulation-FSSAI, dated the 3rd October, 2024, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part III, section 4, dated the 4th October ,2024 for inviting objections and suggestions from all persons likely to be affected thereby, before the expiry of the period of sixty days from the date on which the copies of the Official Gazette containing the said notification was published were made available to the public; And whereas the copies of the said official Gazette were made available to the public on the 7th October, 2024; And whereas, the objections and suggestions received from the public in respect of the said draft regulations have been considered by the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India; Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 92 of the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006 (34 of 2006), the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India hereby makes the following regulations further to amend the Food Safety and Standards (Prohibition and Restrictions on sales) Regulations, 2011, namely: - 1. (1) These regulations may be called the Food Safety and Standards (Prohibition and Restrictions on sales) Amendment Regulations, 2026. (2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette. 2. In the Food Safety and Standards (Prohibition and Restrictions on Sales) Regulations, 2011, in regulation 2.3, in sub-regulation 2.3.14, clause (8) shall be omitted. RAJIT PUNHANI, Chief Executive Officer [ADVT.-III/4/Exty./115/2026-27] Note. - The Food Safety and Standards (Prohibition and Restrictions on sales) Regulations, 2011 were published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part III, section 4 vide notification number F. No. 2-15015/30/2010, dated the 1st August, 2011 and last amended vide notification number REG-11027/2/2022-Regulation-FSSAI, dated the 17th October, 2024. Uploaded by Dte. of Printing at Government of India Press, Ring Road, Mayapuri, New Delhi-110064 and Published by the Controller of Publications, Delhi-110054. KUMER CHAND Digitally signed by KUMER CHAND MEENA MEENA Date: 2026.06.02 16:28:47 +05'30'

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