The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India on 11th October 2022, has published the Food Safety and Standards (Approval for Non-Specified Food and Food Ingredients) First Amendment Regulations, 2022, through which it has notified the Procedure for grant of prior approval to the manufacturer or importer of non-specified food. As per the amendment, the manufacturer or importer of non-specified food shall submit an application in FORM – I along with necessary documents and fee to the Food Authority. The Food Authority shall scrutinize the application and information provided by the applicant and on preliminary scrutiny, deficiencies, if any, shall inform the applicant within a period of forty-five days from the date of receipt of the application.
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