New Delhi, the 15th October, 2020
F.No. 11023/24/2017-QA- Whereas the draft Food Safety and Standards (Laboratory and Sample Analysis) Amendment Regulations, 2019, were published as required by sub-section (1) of section 92 of the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006 (34 of 2006), vide notification of the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India number F.No. 11023/24/2017-QA, dated the 4th February, 2019, in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part III, Section 4, inviting objections and suggestions from the persons likely to be affected thereby, before the expiry of the period of thirty days from the date on which the copies of the Official Gazette containing the said notification were made available to the public;
And whereas the copies of the said Gazette were made available to the public on the 8th February, 2019;
And whereas the objections and suggestions received from the public in respect of the said draft regulations have been considered by the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India;
Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by clause (e) of sub-section (2) of section 92 read with section 16 of the said Act, the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India hereby makes the following regulations further to amend the Food Safety and Standards (Laboratory and Sample Analysis) Regulations, 2011, namely:-
Regulations
1. (1) These regulations may be called the Food Safety and Standards (Laboratory and Sample Analysis) Second Amendment Regulations, 2020.
(2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.
2. In the Food Safety and Standards(Laboratory and Sample Analysis) Regulations, 2011,
- (I) in regulation 2.1,for sub-regulation 2.1.1 and table thereunder, following shall be substituted namely:-
“2.1.1 The sample of any imported article will be sent by the Authorised Officer for analysis to the food analyst of any of the laboratories notified by Food Authority under section 43(1) of Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006.”
- (II) in regulation 2.2, for clause 1 in sub-regulation 2.2.2 and table thereunder, following shall be substituted namely:-
“2.2.2 State/Union Territory of Referral Laboratory
The Food authority shall authorize laboratories to carry out function of referral laboratory that are notified by Food Authority under section 43(2) of Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006.”
- (III) in regulation 2.3, clause 3 shall be substituted with the following, namely-
“3. The fees payable for such test or analysis of sample of food shall be as prescribed by the Food Authority from time to time.”
Note.- The principal regulations were published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary vide notification number F. No. 2-15015/30/2010, dated the 1st August, 2011 and subsequently amended vide notification numbers:
- (i) F.No. 4/15015/30/2011, dated 8th February, 2013 and
- (ii) F.No. 01/Lab & sample Analysis/Reg/2019, dated 21st July, 2020.
Source : http://egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/2020/222539.pdf
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