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Food Safety and Standards (Labelling and Display) First Amendment Regulations, 2022

On 09-09-2022, the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India notified Food Safety and Standards (Labelling and Display) First Amendment Regulations, 2022 in order to amend Food Safety and Standards (Labelling and Display) Regulations, 2006. The amendment inserts a proviso in the Regulation 5 sub clause 10 dealing with ‘Date Marking’ providing that for the products with shelf life of more than three months, the “DD/MM/YY” format
may also be used
.

The Amendment provides that if caffeine is added in products, the quantity of the added caffeine shall also be declared in the list of ingredients provided in the packaging of the respective product.

It also provides that the size of numeral or letter required for all declarations under these regulations on the crown or closure of returnable glass bottle shall not be less than 1 mm.

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