India: India - FSSAI Publishes Approved List of Specialty Products for Inborn - Congenital - Errors of Metabolism Conditions

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On February 22, 2022, India’s Ministry of Health and Family Welfare/Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) published Stds/SP-05/Orders/FSSAI (E1317). The order includes a list of conditions associated with inborn (congenital) errors of metabolism (IEM) along with the specialty food products that can be manufactured, sold, marketed, or imported to address these imbalances. The FSSAI implementation date for the approved list is April 1, 2022. Until such time, the FSSAI will continue to allow the import of specialty food products listed in its earlier directive of June 30, 2021.

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