Whereas the draft of the Food Safety and Standards Prohibition and Restrictions on Sales Amendment Regulations, 2023, were published as required under sub section

REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99 The Gazette of India CG-DL-E-21102024-258108 EXTRAORDINARY PART III—Section 4 PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 832] NEW DELHI, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2024/ASVINA 26, 1946 FOOD SAFETY AND STANDARDS AUTHORITY OF INDIA NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 17th October, 2024 No. REG-11027/2/2022-Regulation-FSSAI.—Whereas the draft of the Food Safety and Standards (Prohibition and Restrictions on Sales) Amendment Regulations, 2023, were published as required under 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. REG-11027/2/2022-Regulation-FSSAI dated the 27th April, 2023, in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part III, Section 4, for inviting objections and suggestions from all 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 notifications were made available to the public; And whereas the copies of the said Gazette were made available to the public on the 28th April, 2023; 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 section 92 of the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006 (34 of 2006), the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India hereby makes the following regulations further to amend the Food Safety and Standards (Prohibition and Restrictions on Sales) Regulations, 2011, namely: - REGULATIONS 1. Short title and commencement.- (1) These regulations may be called the Food Safety and Standards (Prohibition and Restrictions on Sales) first Amendment Regulations, 2024. (2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette. 2. In the Food Safety and Standards (Prohibition and Restrictions on Sales) Regulations, 2011,- (i) in regulation 2.1, in sub-regulation 2.1.1, for the third proviso commencing with the words “Provided also that prohibition in regulation 2.1.1" and ending with the words "the relevant standard prescribed by these regulations.”, the following shall be substituted, namely,- "Provided also that prohibition in regulation 2.1.1 (5) shall remain inoperative in respect of Multi-Source Edible Oil specified under the clause 24 of sub-regulation 2.2.1 of regulation 2.2 of the Food Safety and Standards (Food Products Standards and Food Additives) Regulations, 2011 and Multi-Source Edible Oil shall not be sold in a package weighing more than 15 litres."; (ii) in regulation 2.3,- (A) sub-regulation 2.3.8 shall be omitted; (B) in sub-regulation 2.3.14,- (a) clauses (4) and (5) shall be omitted; (b) in clause (11), the words “AGMARK certification mark bearing" shall be omitted; (c) in clause (13), the words “AGMARK Certification mark bearing" shall be omitted; (d) clauses (17) and (18) shall be omitted; (iii) The Form A shall be omitted. G. KAMALA VARDHANA RAO, Chief Executive Officer [ADVT.-III/4/Exty./601/2024-25] Note. - The principal regulations were published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary vide notification number F. No. 2-15015/30/2010, dated the 1st August, 2011 and last amended vide notification number F.No. REG/ Representation-MSEO/FSSAI-2021, dated 5th September, 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.