India: India's FSSAI Strikes Again - Food Safety Authority Amends Food Product Standards and Food Additives Regulations

On February 28, 2023, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare/Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) published Food Safety and Standards (Food Product Standards and Food Additives) Second Amendment Regulations (2023) in the Gazette of India (Notification No. STD/FA/A-1.30/No.1/2020-FSSAI). The amendments introduce new standards, as well as modifies existing requirements for a variety of food products including goat milk, sheep milk, oil (olive/moringa/crude vegetable), atta (whole meal wheat flour), millets, papad, dried sweet marjoram, meat products, non-alcoholic beverages, sweeteners, and desiccated coconut. Amendments also cover substances added to food, as well as microbiological standards for health supplements, nutraceuticals, food for special dietary use, food for special medical purpose, functional food, and novel food products.