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REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99
The Gazette of India
CG-DL-E-04112025-267381
EXTRAORDINARY
PART III—Section 4
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 690]
NEW DELHI, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2025/KARTIKA 6, 1947
FOOD SAFETY AND STANDARDS AUTHORITY OF INDIA
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 27th October, 2025
F. No. QA/11023/31/2022-QA-FSSAI(1).—Whereas a draft of the Food Safety and Standards (Import)
Amendment Regulations, 2024, were published vide notification of the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India
number F. No. QA/11023/31/2022-QA-FSSAI(1), dated the 3rd October, 2024, in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary,
Part III, Section 4 as required under sub- section (1) of section 92 of the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006 (34 of
2006), inviting objections and suggestions from persons likely to be affected thereby, within a period of sixty days from
the date on which the copies of the Official Gazette containing the said notification were made available to the public;
And whereas, the copies of the said 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 clause (e) of sub- section (2) of section 92 of the Food
Safety and Standards Act, 2006 (34 of 2006), the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India, with the previous
approval of the Central Government hereby makes the following regulations, further to amend the Food Safety and
Standards (Import) Regulations, 2017, namely: -
1. (1) These regulations may be called the Food Safety and Standards (Import) First Amendment
Regulations, 2025.
(2) They shall come into force on 1st May, 2026.
2. In the Food Safety and Standards (Import) Regulations, 2017, in regulation 10, -
(i) in sub-regulation (4), for clause (b), the following clause shall be substituted, namely: -
"(b) The manuals of the method of analysis, as amended or adopted by the Authority from time to time, shall
be used for analysing the samples of food articles. However, in case the method for analysing any parameter
is not available in these manuals, the Food Laboratory may adopt a validated method of analysis prescribed
by AOAC/ISO / Pearson's/ Jacob/IUPAC/Food Chemicals CODEX/BIS/ Codex Alimentarius/Woodmen/
Winton-Winton/ Joslyn or any other internationally recognized regulatory agencies.";
(ii) for sub-regulation (5), the following sub-regulation shall be substituted, namely:-
"(5) The notified laboratory or referral laboratory shall provide the laboratory analysis report duly signed by
its Food Analyst or Director, as the case may be, in FORM - 2 within five days from the date of receipt of
the sample.".
RAJIT PUNHANI, Chief Executive Officer
[ADVT.-III/4/Exty./424/2025-26]
Note: The principal regulations were published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary Part III, Section 4, vide
notification number F. No. 1/2008/Import safety/FSSAI, dated 9th March, 2017 and subsequently amended vide
notification numbers:
1. F. No. REG/11/25/Import amendment/FSSAI-2017, dated 7th February, 2018;
2. F. No. 1-1275/FSSAI/Import/2015, dated the 20th October, 2020;
3. F. No. 4067/MOC-Trade/Reg-FSSAI/2017(Part-1), dated 3rd November, 2021; and
4. F. No. 1605/ FSSAI/Import/2016(pt-2), dated 14th February, 2022.
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KUMAR SARVESH KUMAR
SRIVASTAVA SRIVASTAVA
Date: 2025.11.04
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