Food Safety and Standards Authority of India

In exercise of the powers conferred under Sub Section 5 of Section 10 read with Section 37 of the Food Safety and Standards Act

Issue Date: 13 February 2026 Published: 19 February 2026 Published with 6 days delay

Gazette ID: CG-DL-E-19022026-270291 Download PDF Official source ↗

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The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India notifies 85 officers as Food Safety Officers for Fortified Rice Kernel by amending a principal notification.

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The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI), exercising powers under Sub-Section 5 of Section 10 read with Section 37 of the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006 (34 of 2006), issued a notification on 10th February, 2026 (F. No. RCD-15001/21/2025-Regulatory-FSSAI) to appoint 85 new Food Safety Officers for Fortified Rice Kernel. This notification amends the principal notification published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part III, Section 4, dated 2nd July, 2025 (F. No. IEC-34011/1/2021-IEC-FSSAI-Part(8)). The amendment involves inserting new entries from Sr. No. 370 to 454 into the table of the principal notification, adding individuals such as Indra Nath Verma, Chandan Kumar, and Akansha Maurya to the list of Food Safety Officers. The appointments are effective from the date of publication of this notification, which is February 13, 2026. The principal notification was last amended on 8th January, 2026, vide F. No. RCD-15001/21/2025-Regulatory-FSSAI. The notification is signed by Rajit Punhani, Chief Executive Officer.

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REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99 The Gazette of India CG-DL-E-19022026-270291 EXTRAORDINARY PART III-Section 4 PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 105] | NEW DELHI, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2026/MAGHA 24, 1947 F. No. RCD-15001/21/2025-Regulatory-FSSAI. - In exercise of the powers conferred under Sub-Section 5 of Section 10 read with Section 37 of the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006 (34 of 2006), the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India hereby notifies the following officers as Food Safety Officers for the Fortified Rice Kernel with effect from the date of publication in this notification by amending the principal notification, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part III, Section 4 dated the 2nd July, 2025:- In the table, after Sr. no. 369, the following entries shall be inserted, namely,- "370 | Indra Nath Verma 371 | Chandan Kumar 372 | Himadri Mondal 373 | Apoorva Vallabhan 374 | Pallavi Mukhiya 375 | Ranjan Kumar 376 | Payel Saha 1097 GI/2026 (1) 2 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY [PART III-SEC.4] 377 | Arvindra Kumar 378 | Ranjeet Kumar 379 | Goutam Singha 380 | Sudhir Kumar 381 | Tushar Kant Panda 382 | Rajan Kumar Das 383 | Sailesh Kumar Kudada 384 | Khusbu Thapa 385 | Jayashree Ghosh Samanta 386 | Anurag Saini 387 | Gurram Koushik 388 | Kuppanagari Praveen 389 | Vaishali Vilas Gajbhiye 390 | Devyani Lingayat 391 | Deepa A Rajan 392 | Suraj Amrutbhai Kapadiya 393 | Taranpreet Kaur Bhamra 394 | Ravi Mandawriya 395 | Satender Singh 396 | Mohd. Haneef 397 | Ruby Tomer 398 | Dinesh 399 | Hawa Singh 400 | Rajan Kumar 401 | Vaddi Kiran Kumar 402 | Rohit Ranjan 403 | Neeraj Kumar 404 | Rohitash Jhala 405 | Nitin Kumar 406 | Praveen Kumar 407 | Niraj Kumar 408 | Anuradha Chauhan 409 | Rajesh Kumar 410 | Mahendra Bhukar 411 | Rohit Kumar 412 | Priyanka Rajput 413 | Biswajit Debnath 414 | Himmat Singh Chouhan 423 | Shruti Shinde 424 | Amarchand Meena 425 | Amit Kumar 426 | Md. Azaj 427 | Vivek Kumar Singh 428 | Ramesh Kumar 429 | Suresh Kumar 430 | Shri Adarsh Kumar 431 | Rishav Kumar 432 | G. Suresh 433 | Shaik Arif Mohammad 434 | Dwijendra Kumar 435 | Ved Mani Tiwari 436 | Faraz Alam 437 | Vinita Deepak 438 | Arun Kumar 439 | Nitya Nand Prasad 440 | Sandeep Singh 441 | Vipul Kumar 442 | Amrish Kumar Sharma 443 | Hrituraj 444 | Avi Singla 445 | Ankit Singh Gautam 446 | Mohit Singh 447 | Ahsan Ahmad 448 | B.Narayana Naik 449 | Pawan Kumar Singh Jadoun 450 | Sher Singh 451 | Robin Kumar 452 | Karamveer Singh 453 | Mohd. Tarique 454 | Akansha Maurya" RAJIT PUNHANI, Chief Executive Officer [ADVT.-III/4/Exty./680/2025-26] Note: The principal notification was published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part III, Section 4 vide F. No. IEC-34011/1/2021-IEC-FSSAI-Part(8), dated the 2nd July, 2025 and subsequently last amended vide notification numbers F. No. RCD-15001/21/2025-Regulatory-FSSAI dated 8th January, 2026. 4 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA: EXTRAORDINARY FOOD SAFETY AND STANDARDS AUTHORITY OF INDIA NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 10th February, 2026 [PART III-SEC.4] F. No. RCD-15001/21/2025-Regulatory-FSSAI.—In exercise of the powers conferred under Sub-Section 5 of Section 10 read with Section 37 of the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006 (34 of 2006), the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India hereby notifies the following officers as Food Safety Officers for the Fortified Rice Kernel with effect from the date of publication in this notification by amending the principal notification, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part III, Section 4 dated the 2nd July, 2025:- In the table, after Sr. no. 369, the following entries shall be inserted, namely,- Sr. No. | Name of FSO "370 | Indra Nath Verma 371 | Chandan Kumar 372 | Himadri Mondal 373 | Apoorva Vallabhan 374 | Pallavi Mukhiya 375 | Ranjan Kumar 376 | Payel Saha 377 | Arvindra Kumar 378 | Ranjeet Kumar 379 | Goutam Singha 380 | Sudhir Kumar 381 | Tushar Kant Panda 382 | Rajan Kumar Das 383 | Sailesh Kumar Kudada 384 | Khusbu Thapa 385 | Jayashree Ghosh Samanta 386 | Anurag Saini 387 | Gurram Koushik 388 | Kuppanagari Praveen 389 | Vaishali Vilas Gajbhiye 390 | Devyani Lingayat 391 | Deepa A Rajan 392 | Suraj Amrutbhai Kapadiya 393 | Taranpreet Kaur Bhamra 394 | Ravi Mandawriya 395 | Satender Singh 396 | Mohd. Haneef 397 | Ruby Tomer 398 | Dinesh 399 | Hawa Singh 400 | Rajan Kumar 401 | Vaddi Kiran Kumar 402 | Rohit Ranjan 403 | Neeraj Kumar 404 | Rohitash Jhala 405 | Nitin Kumar 406 | Praveen Kumar 407 | Niraj Kumar 408 | Anuradha Chauhan 409 | Rajesh Kumar 410 | Mahendra Bhukar 411 | Rohit Kumar 412 | Priyanka Rajput 413 | Biswajit Debnath 414 | Himmat Singh Chouhan 415 | Chitrank Bal 416 | Manisha Tani 417 | Usha Mehar 418 | Devkaran Sirohi 419 | Sumeet Thakkar 420 | Ankit Bairagi 421 | Pradeep Kumar 422 | Dinesh Singh Rajput 423 | Shruti Shinde 424 | Amarchand Meena 425 | Amit Kumar 426 | Md. Azaj 427 | Vivek Kumar Singh 428 | Ramesh Kumar 429 | Suresh Kumar 430 | Shri Adarsh Kumar 431 | Rishav Kumar 432 | G. Suresh 433 | Shaik Arif Mohammad 434 | Dwijendra Kumar 435 | Ved Mani Tiwari 436 | Faraz Alam 437 | Vinita Deepak 438 | Arun Kumar 439 | Nitya Nand Prasad 440 | Sandeep Singh 441 | Vipul Kumar 442 | Amrish Kumar Sharma 443 | Hrituraj 444 | Avi Singla 445 | Ankit Singh Gautam 446 | Mohit Singh 447 | Ahsan Ahmad 448 | B.Narayana Naik 449 | Pawan Kumar Singh Jadoun 450 | Sher Singh 451 | Robin Kumar 452 | Karamveer Singh 453 | Mohd. Tarique 454 | Akansha Maurya" RAJIT PUNHANI, Chief Executive Officer [ADVT.-III/4/Exty./680/2025-26] Note: The principal notification was published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part III, Section 4 vide F. No. IEC-34011/1/2021-IEC-FSSAI-Part(8), dated the 2nd July, 2025 and subsequently last amended vide notification numbers F. No. RCD-15001/21/2025-Regulatory-FSSAI dated 8th January, 2026. 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 NATH YADAVA Digitally signed by GORAKHA NATH Date: 2026.02.19 12:02:16 +05'30'

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