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The Food Safety and Standards (Contaminants, toxins and Residues) First Amendment Regulations, 2020 1. (1) These regulations may be called the Food Safety and Standards (Contaminants, toxins and Residues) First Amendment Regulations, 2020. (2) 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 July, 2021. 2. In the Food Safety and Standards (Contaminants, toxins and Residues) Regulations, 2011,- (a) in regulation 2.1 relating to ―METAL CONTAMINANTS‖, for sub-regulation 2.1.1, the following shall be substituted, namely:- ―2.1.1 1. Chemicals described in monographs of the Indian Pharmacopoeia when used in foods, shall not contain metal contaminants beyond the limits specified in the appropriate monographs of the Indian Pharmacopoeia for the time being in force. 2. Notwithstanding anything contained in clause (1) above , no article of food specified in column (2) of the table below shall contain any metal specified in excess of the quantity specified in column (3).........