The following draft of certain regulations further to amend the Food Safety and Standards

REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99 The Gazette of India CG-DL-E-18062024-254754 EXTRAORDINARY PART III—Section 4 PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 416] NEW DELHI, FRIDAY, JUNE 14, 2024/JYAISHTHA 24, 1946 FOOD SAFETY AND STANDARDS AUTHORITY OF INDIA NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 13th June, 2024 F. No Std/SP-21/A-1.2024/N-01.—The following draft of certain regulations further to amend the Food Safety and Standards (Alcoholic Beverages) Regulations, 2018, which the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India, with the previous approval of the Central Government, proposes to make, in exercise of powers conferred by clause (v) of sub-section (2) of section 92 of the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006, (34 of 2006) is hereby published as required by subsection (1) of section 92 of the said Act, for the information of persons likely to be affected thereby and notice is hereby given that the said draft regulations shall be taken into consideration after the expiry of a period of sixty days from the date on which copies of the Official Gazette in which this notification is published are made available to the public; Objections and suggestions, if any, may be addressed to the Chief Executive Officer, Food Safety and Standards Authority of India, Food and Drug Administration Bhawan, Kotla Road, New Delhi - 110002, or may be sent through e-mail at [email protected]; The objections or suggestions which may be received from any person with respect to said draft regulations, before the expiry of the period so specified above, shall be considered by the Food Authority. Draft regulations 1. These regulations may be called the Food Safety and Standards (Alcoholic Beverages) Amendment Regulations, 2024. 2. In the Food Safety and Standards (Alcoholic Beverages) Regulations, 2018, -In Table 2, a. In column no. 7, against S.No. 7 relating to 'Esters expressed as ethyl acetate (g/l of absolute alcohol), Max', the entry '0.2' shall be substituted with '3.0'. G. KAMALA VARDHANA RAO, Chief Executive Officer [ADVT.-III/4/Exty./185/2024-25] Note: The principal regulation were published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary Part III, Section 4, vide notification number F. No. 2/SA24/2009(1)/FSSAI, dated 19th March, 2018 and last amended vide notification number F. No. STD/SP-21/T(Alcohol-4) dated the 21st August, 2023.