Food Safety and Standards (Food Recall Procedure) Regulations, 2017.

Subject

Food & nutrition

Keyword

Authorization/permit Standards Food additives Food quality control/food safety Procedural matters Business/industry/corporations Policy/planning Data collection/reporting Inspection Governance

Geographical area

Asia, Asia and the Pacific, Indian Ocean, South Asian Seas, Southern Asia

Entry into force notes

These Regulations enter into force on the day of their publication in the Official Gazette.

Abstract

These Regulations, consisting of 16 sections completed by three Schedules, specify Food Safety and Standards (Food Recall Procedure). The objectives of the food recall procedure are: 1) Ensure removal of food under recall from all stages of the food chain in accordance with section 28 of the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006; 2) ensure dissemination of information to concerned consumers and customers; and 3) ensure retrieval, destruction or reprocessing of food under recall. These regulations shall apply to the food or food products that are determined or prima facie considered unsafe and/or as may be specified by the Food Authority from time to time. Food articles which require the mandatory mention of statutory warnings related to consumption being “injurious to health” may not be treated as unsafe food as part of any recall plan unless they are specifically determined unsafe and injurious to health.

Full text

English/Hindi

Website

www.fssai.gov.in

References - Legislation

Implements

Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006.

Legislation | India | 2006

Keyword: Basic legislation, Food quality control/food safety, Institution, Consumer protection, International trade, Standards, Registration, Internal trade, Authorization/permit, Residues, Fraud, Packaging/labelling, Gender

Source: FAO, FAOLEX