FSSAI And Its Role In Product And Ingredient Approval

In this article we will discuss about importance of product approval and a brief about how to obtain the required approval from required authority before starting the packaged food business in India.

FSSAI product approval and how to get it?

Product approval in simple terms means an authentication to make a particular food product that are marketed in India are according to rules and regulations which were previously not listed in FSSAI. FSSAI or Food safety and Standard Authority of India is the primary governing body and the main authority that is responsible for providing approval for marketing of food products. Food safety is very important and it has become a major global issue. This is the reason the required authority is taking important steps for decreasing the risk that is involved in food safety.Those food products which have ingredients that are not present in the FSSAI approved list or if it does not comply with the set standards by FSSAI are required to apply for Ingredient Approval FSSAI or Product Approval FSSAI.The approval consent by FSSAI ensures that foods are completely safe for consumption.

Therefore, FSSAI product approval is very important that helps in sound product manufacture for Indian market and thus assists in easy imports. In short, we can say product approval is required in case of:

1. Novel food or novel food Ingredients or processed with the use of novel technology
2. New additives
3. New processing aids including enzymes
4. Articles of food and food ingredients consisting of or isolated from microorganisms, bacteria, yeast, fungi or algae
5. Any other non-specified food, if any

Let’s discuss in detail how to get product or ingredient approval from FSSAI?

Currently, the whole process is manual and requires to submit important information for the product approval process like Name of the business, address, email address,phone number, address of the manufacture, business type, origin of the product, market existence, brand name, manufacturing method, products shelf life, serving and ingredient details, history of safe consumption, regulatory data.In addition to that certain other information that is required for ingredient approval are Food product label prototype, datasheet of accelerated stability and real time stability, end use declaration document, analysis certificate from NABL lab.

For getting the FSSAI license, respective business owners are requisite to do FSSAI registration that is also one of the pre-requisites for product approval. Then the food business operator is required to apply for product approval along with the required documents. It is mandatory for the business operator to make a food label that complies with the FSSAI set labelling and packaging rules and guidelines before applying for product approval and he is also required to deposit the product label prototype. Then it’s time for making the payment of fees after which all documents are scrutinized properly by the concerned department and a referral to the scientific panel is made if so required.

Author Bio: The author is an experienced individual with a firm knowledge of the various process involved in the food business.

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