{"id":28299,"date":"2024-02-22T16:48:59","date_gmt":"2024-02-22T15:48:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.certification-india.com\/?p=28299"},"modified":"2024-02-23T19:08:55","modified_gmt":"2024-02-23T18:08:55","slug":"food-safety-and-standards-authority-of-india-guidelines-nutritional-supplements-specialized-food-items","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.certification-india.com\/en\/food-safety-and-standards-authority-of-india-guidelines-nutritional-supplements-specialized-food-items\/","title":{"rendered":"Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) reinstates Guidelines for Nutritional Supplements and specialized Food Items"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In 2022, the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) introduced updated regulations named Draft FSS Regulations (Health Supplements, Nutraceuticals, Food for Special Dietary Use, Food for Special Medical Purpose, Prebiotic, and Probiotic Food), superseding the 2016 guidelines. These regulations make <a href=\"https:\/\/www.certification-india.com\/en\/other-services\/food-certification-in-india\/\"><strong>FSSAI Registration<\/strong><\/a> for the mentioned product categories mandatory, in order for them to be approved for import and distribution in India.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"561\" height=\"363\" src=\"https:\/\/www.certification-india.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2024-02-23-174338-3.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-28305\" style=\"width:500px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.certification-india.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2024-02-23-174338-3.png 561w, https:\/\/www.certification-india.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2024-02-23-174338-3-300x194.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 561px) 100vw, 561px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The regulations initially took effect on March 29, 2022, with subsequent amendments on May 10, 2022, to incorporate additional additives and enzymes\/proteins for health supplements. Although initially enforced on October 1, 2022, and revisited on April 1, 2023, the full official adoption of these rules has been delayed. Hence, an extension has been granted for three more months from October 1, 2023, as per the directive dated April 11, 2023, under the empowerment of the Food Safety and Standards Act of 2006.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you are interested in understanding what requirements are needed for your product to be imported into India, please do not hesitate to contact us by <a href=\"mailto:info@certification-india.com\"><strong>email<\/strong><\/a> or phone (Europe: <strong>+49-69-271 37 69 261, <\/strong>US: <strong>+1 773 654-2673<\/strong><strong>)<\/strong>. There is no cost or obligation for us to check for you. If a certification need is discovered we can provide a quotation to make sure that all your certification needs are covered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you have any questions you can also use our chat-window in the bottom right. (Please check your browser settings if you can&#8217;t see the window)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 2022, the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) introduced updated regulations named Draft FSS Regulations (Health Supplements, Nutraceuticals, Food for Special Dietary Use, Food for Special Medical Purpose, Prebiotic, and Probiotic Food), superseding the 2016 guidelines. These regulations make FSSAI Registration for the mentioned product categories mandatory, in order for them to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":28305,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[132],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28299","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-regulation-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) reinstates Guidelines for Nutritional Supplements and specialized Food Items<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"As part of the Food Safety Act, an implementation extension of three additional months was granted from October 1, 2023.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.certification-india.com\/en\/food-safety-and-standards-authority-of-india-guidelines-nutritional-supplements-specialized-food-items\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) reinstates Guidelines for Nutritional Supplements and specialized Food Items\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"As part of the Food Safety Act, an implementation extension of three additional months was granted from October 1, 2023.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.certification-india.com\/en\/food-safety-and-standards-authority-of-india-guidelines-nutritional-supplements-specialized-food-items\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"MPR India Certification\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-02-22T15:48:59+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-02-23T18:08:55+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.certification-india.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2024-02-23-174338-3.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"561\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"363\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Louis Gogger\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Louis Gogger\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.certification-india.com\\\/en\\\/food-safety-and-standards-authority-of-india-guidelines-nutritional-supplements-specialized-food-items\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.certification-india.com\\\/en\\\/food-safety-and-standards-authority-of-india-guidelines-nutritional-supplements-specialized-food-items\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Louis Gogger\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.certification-india.com\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/4f5cd923141741b7fe96721b17c464bf\"},\"headline\":\"Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) reinstates Guidelines for Nutritional Supplements and specialized Food Items\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-02-22T15:48:59+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-02-23T18:08:55+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.certification-india.com\\\/en\\\/food-safety-and-standards-authority-of-india-guidelines-nutritional-supplements-specialized-food-items\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":242,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.certification-india.com\\\/en\\\/food-safety-and-standards-authority-of-india-guidelines-nutritional-supplements-specialized-food-items\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.certification-india.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/Screenshot-2024-02-23-174338-3.png\",\"articleSection\":[\"Regulation News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.certification-india.com\\\/en\\\/food-safety-and-standards-authority-of-india-guidelines-nutritional-supplements-specialized-food-items\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.certification-india.com\\\/en\\\/food-safety-and-standards-authority-of-india-guidelines-nutritional-supplements-specialized-food-items\\\/\",\"name\":\"Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) reinstates Guidelines for Nutritional Supplements and specialized Food Items\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.certification-india.com\\\/en\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.certification-india.com\\\/en\\\/food-safety-and-standards-authority-of-india-guidelines-nutritional-supplements-specialized-food-items\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.certification-india.com\\\/en\\\/food-safety-and-standards-authority-of-india-guidelines-nutritional-supplements-specialized-food-items\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.certification-india.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/Screenshot-2024-02-23-174338-3.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-02-22T15:48:59+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-02-23T18:08:55+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.certification-india.com\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/4f5cd923141741b7fe96721b17c464bf\"},\"description\":\"As part of the Food Safety Act, an implementation extension of three additional months was granted from October 1, 2023.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.certification-india.com\\\/en\\\/food-safety-and-standards-authority-of-india-guidelines-nutritional-supplements-specialized-food-items\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.certification-india.com\\\/en\\\/food-safety-and-standards-authority-of-india-guidelines-nutritional-supplements-specialized-food-items\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.certification-india.com\\\/en\\\/food-safety-and-standards-authority-of-india-guidelines-nutritional-supplements-specialized-food-items\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.certification-india.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/Screenshot-2024-02-23-174338-3.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.certification-india.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/Screenshot-2024-02-23-174338-3.png\",\"width\":561,\"height\":363},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.certification-india.com\\\/en\\\/food-safety-and-standards-authority-of-india-guidelines-nutritional-supplements-specialized-food-items\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Startseite\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.certification-india.com\\\/en\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) reinstates Guidelines for Nutritional Supplements and specialized Food Items\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.certification-india.com\\\/en\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.certification-india.com\\\/en\\\/\",\"name\":\"MPR India Certification\",\"description\":\"Ihr Experte f\u00fcr Indien-Zertifizierungen\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.certification-india.com\\\/en\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.certification-india.com\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/4f5cd923141741b7fe96721b17c464bf\",\"name\":\"Louis Gogger\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.certification-india.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/Louis_Gogger-4-3-2-150x150.jpg\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.certification-india.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/Louis_Gogger-4-3-2-150x150.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.certification-india.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/Louis_Gogger-4-3-2-150x150.jpg\",\"caption\":\"Louis Gogger\"},\"description\":\"About the author: Louis Gogger is Managing Director of MPR International GmbH. Publisher: MPR International GmbH Tel.: +49 69 271 37 69 261 E-Mail: info@certification-india.com Web: www.certification-india.com\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.certification-india.com\\\/en\\\/author\\\/julian-busch\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) reinstates Guidelines for Nutritional Supplements and specialized Food Items","description":"As part of the Food Safety Act, an implementation extension of three additional months was granted from October 1, 2023.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.certification-india.com\/en\/food-safety-and-standards-authority-of-india-guidelines-nutritional-supplements-specialized-food-items\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) reinstates Guidelines for Nutritional Supplements and specialized Food Items","og_description":"As part of the Food Safety Act, an implementation extension of three additional months was granted from October 1, 2023.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.certification-india.com\/en\/food-safety-and-standards-authority-of-india-guidelines-nutritional-supplements-specialized-food-items\/","og_site_name":"MPR India Certification","article_published_time":"2024-02-22T15:48:59+00:00","article_modified_time":"2024-02-23T18:08:55+00:00","og_image":[{"width":561,"height":363,"url":"https:\/\/www.certification-india.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2024-02-23-174338-3.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"Louis Gogger","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Louis Gogger","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.certification-india.com\/en\/food-safety-and-standards-authority-of-india-guidelines-nutritional-supplements-specialized-food-items\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.certification-india.com\/en\/food-safety-and-standards-authority-of-india-guidelines-nutritional-supplements-specialized-food-items\/"},"author":{"name":"Louis Gogger","@id":"https:\/\/www.certification-india.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/4f5cd923141741b7fe96721b17c464bf"},"headline":"Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) reinstates Guidelines for Nutritional Supplements and specialized Food Items","datePublished":"2024-02-22T15:48:59+00:00","dateModified":"2024-02-23T18:08:55+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.certification-india.com\/en\/food-safety-and-standards-authority-of-india-guidelines-nutritional-supplements-specialized-food-items\/"},"wordCount":242,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.certification-india.com\/en\/food-safety-and-standards-authority-of-india-guidelines-nutritional-supplements-specialized-food-items\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.certification-india.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2024-02-23-174338-3.png","articleSection":["Regulation News"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.certification-india.com\/en\/food-safety-and-standards-authority-of-india-guidelines-nutritional-supplements-specialized-food-items\/","url":"https:\/\/www.certification-india.com\/en\/food-safety-and-standards-authority-of-india-guidelines-nutritional-supplements-specialized-food-items\/","name":"Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) reinstates Guidelines for Nutritional Supplements and specialized Food Items","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.certification-india.com\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.certification-india.com\/en\/food-safety-and-standards-authority-of-india-guidelines-nutritional-supplements-specialized-food-items\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.certification-india.com\/en\/food-safety-and-standards-authority-of-india-guidelines-nutritional-supplements-specialized-food-items\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.certification-india.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2024-02-23-174338-3.png","datePublished":"2024-02-22T15:48:59+00:00","dateModified":"2024-02-23T18:08:55+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.certification-india.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/4f5cd923141741b7fe96721b17c464bf"},"description":"As part of the Food Safety Act, an implementation extension of three additional months was granted from October 1, 2023.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.certification-india.com\/en\/food-safety-and-standards-authority-of-india-guidelines-nutritional-supplements-specialized-food-items\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.certification-india.com\/en\/food-safety-and-standards-authority-of-india-guidelines-nutritional-supplements-specialized-food-items\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.certification-india.com\/en\/food-safety-and-standards-authority-of-india-guidelines-nutritional-supplements-specialized-food-items\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.certification-india.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2024-02-23-174338-3.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.certification-india.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2024-02-23-174338-3.png","width":561,"height":363},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.certification-india.com\/en\/food-safety-and-standards-authority-of-india-guidelines-nutritional-supplements-specialized-food-items\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Startseite","item":"https:\/\/www.certification-india.com\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) reinstates Guidelines for Nutritional Supplements and specialized Food Items"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.certification-india.com\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.certification-india.com\/en\/","name":"MPR India Certification","description":"Ihr Experte f\u00fcr Indien-Zertifizierungen","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.certification-india.com\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.certification-india.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/4f5cd923141741b7fe96721b17c464bf","name":"Louis Gogger","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.certification-india.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Louis_Gogger-4-3-2-150x150.jpg","url":"https:\/\/www.certification-india.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Louis_Gogger-4-3-2-150x150.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.certification-india.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Louis_Gogger-4-3-2-150x150.jpg","caption":"Louis Gogger"},"description":"About the author: Louis Gogger is Managing Director of MPR International GmbH. Publisher: MPR International GmbH Tel.: +49 69 271 37 69 261 E-Mail: info@certification-india.com Web: www.certification-india.com","url":"https:\/\/www.certification-india.com\/en\/author\/julian-busch\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.certification-india.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28299","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.certification-india.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.certification-india.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.certification-india.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.certification-india.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28299"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.certification-india.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28299\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28313,"href":"https:\/\/www.certification-india.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28299\/revisions\/28313"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.certification-india.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28305"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.certification-india.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28299"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.certification-india.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28299"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.certification-india.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28299"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}