New Delhi: FSSAI has relaxed rules pertaining to stock rotation for non-food manufacturing businesses in a move that is directed towards improving ease of doing business.
The food regulator introduced amendments to the Food Safety and Standards (Licensing and Registration of Food Businesses) Regulations, 2011 under the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006.
Under the amendment, non-food manufacturing business will no longer be required to adhere to the First In First Out (FIFO) or First Expiry First Out (FEFO) stock rotation principles.
The requirements continue to be applicable to food manufacturing businesses, where such controls are critical for ensuring food safety, quality assurance and product traceability, the regulatory body said.
It added that this amendment is part of its efforts aimed at improving the ease of doing business and promoting risk-based, outcome-oriented regulation in the food sector.
This comes days after the food regulator turned its attention to claims such as “healthy”, “organic” and “zero maida”, signalling closer scrutiny of the health and nutrition claims increasingly used to sell foods and supplements.
Among the products flagged was a mango juice marketed as having “no added sugar” despite having very high sugarcane juice content, “100 per cent natural” claims on instant noodles, a tofu product claiming “anti-cancer properties”, and more.
