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AMENDED NOTIFICATION OF THE FOOD SAFETY AND STANDARDS (ORGANIC FOODS) FIRST AMENDMENT REGULATIONS, 2021
Updated on:14th Oct, 2021
They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette and food business operator shall comply with all the provisions of these regulations with effect from 1st May, 2022. In the Food Safety and Standards (Organic Foods) Regulation, 2017, - in regulation 4, after sub-regulation (2), the following sub-regulation shall be inserted, namely:- “(3) Aggregators or Intermediaries who collect organic food from small original producer or producer organization and sell it to the end consumer directly, are exempted from the provisions of the systems referred in sub regulation (1) and they shall maintain records of traceability and comply with any of the provisions of the systems mentioned in sub-regulation (1) and organic food shall not carry Food Safety and Standard Authority of India's organic logo.” in regulation 5, after sub-regulation (2), the following sub-regulation shall be inserted, namely:- “(3) In-conversion products under PGS-India may be labelled as 'PGS-Green' and may also be labelled as „In-conversion to organic‟ and the conversion products under NPOP may be labelled as „In-conversion to organic' and shall mention the year of conversion and such in-conversion products shall not carry Food Safety and Standard Authority of India's organic logo.”
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