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The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India issues the Food Safety and Standards (Labelling and Display) First Amendment Regulations, 2025, to further amend the Food Safety and Standards (Labelling and Display) Regulations, 2020.

Detailed Summary

The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) issued the Food Safety and Standards (Labelling and Display) First Amendment Regulations, 2025, on 8th August, 2025. These regulations, effective from 01 July, 2026, exercise powers conferred by clause (k) of sub-section (2) of section 92 read with section 23 of the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006 (34 of 2006). The primary amendment involves substituting sub-paragraph 2.2 relating to Coffee-Chicory Mixture in Schedule-II, paragraph 2 of the Food Safety and Standards (Labelling and Display) Regulations, 2020. The revised sub-paragraph mandates specific label declarations on the front of packages for both "Coffee-Chicory Mixture" and "Instant Coffee-Chicory mixture," requiring the percentage of coffee and chicory to be explicitly stated (e.g., "COFFEE BLENDED WITH CHICORY THIS MIXTURE CONTAINS COFFEE......... PERCENT CHICORY......... PERCENT"). This final notification follows the publication of draft regulations (F.No. SS-T017/1/2023-Standard-FSSAI) on 17th February, 2025, with copies made available to the public on 20th February, 2025, and subsequent consideration of objections and suggestions. The principal regulations were originally published on 17th November, 2020 (F. No. 1-94/FSSAI/SP(Labelling)/2014(Pt-2)) and last amended on 11th October, 2022 (F. No. Std/SP-08/A-1-2020/N-01). The notification was signed by G. Kamala Vardhana Rao, Chief Executive Officer, FSSAI.

Full Text

REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99 The Gazette of India CG-DL-E-13082025-265397 EXTRAORDINARY PART III—Section 4 PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 562] NEW DELHI, TUESDAY, AUGUST 12, 2025/SHRAVANA 21, 1947 [PART III—SEC.4] FOOD SAFETY AND STANDARDS AUTHORITY OF INDIA NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 8th August, 2025 F. No. SS-T017/1/2023-Standard-FSSAI.-Whereas the draft Food Safety and Standards (Labelling and Display) Amendment Regulations, 2025, were published as required by sub-section (1) of section 92 of the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006 (34 of 2006), vide notification of the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India number F.No. SS-T017/1/2023-Standard-FSSAI, dated the 17th February, 2025, in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part III, Section 4, inviting objections and suggestions from the persons likely to be affected thereby, before the expiry of the 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 20th February, 2025; 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 (k) of sub-section (2) of section 92 read with section 23 of the said Act, the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India hereby makes the following regulations further to amend the Food Safety and Standards (Labelling and Display) Regulations, 2020, namely: - Regulations 1. (1) These regulations may be called the Food Safety and Standards (Labelling and Display) First Amendment Regulations, 2025. (2) They shall come into force on 01 July, 2026. 2. In the Food Safety and Standards (Labelling and Display) Regulations, 2020, in Schedule-II, in paragraph 2, for sub-paragraph 2.2 relating to Coffee-Chicory Mixture, the following sub-paragraph shall be substituted, namely,- "2.2 Coffee-Chicory Mixture (1) Every package containing a mixture of coffee and chicory shall have following label declaration on the front of the package:- COFFEE BLENDED WITH CHICORY THIS MIXTURE CONTAINS COFFEE......................... PERCENT CHICORY........................ PERCENT OR COFFEE BLENDED WITH CHICORY THIS MIXTURE CONTAINS COFFEE .....%, CHICORY .....% (2) Every package containing Instant Coffee-Chicory mixture shall have following label declaration on the front of the package: INSTANT COFFEE-CHICORY MIXTURE MADE FROM BLENDS OF COFFEE AND CHICORY COFFEE......................... PERCENT CHICORY........................ PERCENT OR INSTANT COFFEE-CHICORY MIXTURE MADE FROM BLENDS OF COFFEE AND CHICORY COFFEE .....%, CHICORY .....% G. KAMALA VARDHANA RAO, Chief Executive Officer [ADVT.-III/4/Exty./293/2025-26] Note: The principal regulations were published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary part III, Section 4, vide notification number F. No. 1-94/FSSAI/SP(Labelling)/2014(Pt-2), dated the 17th November, 2020 and last amended vide notification number, F. No. Std/SP-08/A-1-2020/N-01, dated the 11th October, 2022. Uploaded by Dte. of Printing at Government of India Press, Ring Road, Mayapuri, New Delhi-110064 and Published by the Controller of Publications, Delhi-110054. GORAKHA ΝΑΤΗ YADAVA Digitally signed by GORAKHA NATH YADAVA Date: 2025.08.13 14:54:34 +05'30'

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