India: India's FSSAI Rolls Out Re-Operationalized Nutraceutical Regulations

On November 28, 2022, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare/Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) notified on its website the Direction Std/SP-05/T(Nutraceutical-2022) (part-1)-Part (1) (October 18, 2022) (see, Appendix I). The FSSAI Direction indicates that the draft Food Safety and Standards (Health Supplements, Nutraceuticals, Food for Special Dietary Use, Food for Special Medical Purpose and Prebiotic and Probiotic Food) Regulations (2022), as per provisions specified in its earlier directives of March 29, 2021, and May 5, 2022, is re-operationalized as of October 1, 2022. The FSSAI is issuing this directive assuming that the regulation in its final form is delayed for the foreseeable future.