The report states that once the Food Safety and Standards Regulations, 2010 and Rules 2011 are notified, the Food Safety and Standards Act 2006 will be fully implemented and will repeal some of the separate laws. The EU noted that a publication in the Official Gazette was made on 5 August 2011 (please refer to Draft Food Safety Standards (Food Imports) Regulations 2011 notified July 20011 and Licensing and Registration, Packaging and Labelling, Laboratory and Sampling Analysis, Food Product Standards and Food Additives, etc. published in Official Gazette of 5 August 2011).
Could India provide an update on the status of notifications of the Regulations and Rules? When will these be notified to WTO and when will these legal texts be enforced? Would it be possible to detail which separate laws will be repealed and to provide an indication when it would take place?
Reply: FSS Rules and Regulations have been notified to the WTO. The FSS Act, Rules and Regulations have come into effect from 5 August 2011. The following Act and orders stands repealed with the notification of FSS Act, Rules, and Regulations:
