How to Obtain Product and Ingredient Approval from FSSAI?

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How to Obtain Product and Ingredient Approval from FSSAI? Rules and regulation, for doing business of a new food product.

Summary: When anybody consumes a new food product, he will think whether it will cause any kind of harm to his body. Why? because it is a completely new product and he doesn’t know how it will react in its body. Therefore, Tto ensure that all foods that are manufactured or imported in India areis completely safe and will not cause any health hazards, government has set some rules one need to follow and obtain permission for marketing new food products.

Food products which have ingredients or any kind of additives that do not comply with the standards as set by under FSSAI aAct and rRegulations needss Non-Specified Food Approval or in other words Pproduct aApproval from FSSAI. It is granted by the central Government of India for ensuring that the food product contains all the ingredients and additives that are completely safe for human consumption.

In this article we will discuss about the process how to obtain the approval.

For Non-specified Food Approval or Pproduct aApproval from FSSAI, the application along with a demand draft of the required fee amount is to be submitted in the FSSAI office in New Delhi. FSSAI has revamped the Food Approval System after 2014 Supreme Court order and the applications are currently being submitted in hard copy.

However, eventually the system will shift to online applications as per Digitalization in India, though at a later stage. But in order to handle the huge number of applications and making the process transparent, the FSSAI license authority has recently started the online food product approval system. Now one can submit the application online and can track it with the help of FPAS online system.

Some of the important information required for the process of Non-Specified Food Approval or Pproduct aApproval in FSSAI are: ● Name of the business ● Address ● Email ● Phone number ● Business type ● Manufacturer address ● Origin of product information ● Common name ● Brand name ● Manufacturing methodprocess flowchart ● Shelf life of the product.

In addition to this information, some other documents required are: ● Proposed Label design for of the food product approval applicationintended for approval ● Manufacturing methodprocess description ● Accelerated/Real time stability datasheet ● End use declaration document ● Undertaking ● Safety Studies and references ● Proposed use of product with referencesand form The following process is to be followed for obtaining the Non-specified Food Approval or Non-specified Ingredient Approval or Pproduct approval from FSSAI or an FSSAI iIngredient approval from FSSAI: Business entity integration The product approval from FSSAI is one of the intangible assets of any business because it offers the business an authority for manufacturing or importing a specific type of food product in India. It takes a long processing time therefore, it is wiser to make the application through some consultant so that the business can easily get its approval within limited time and without much hassle.

Food business operator license The FSSAI Central License FSSAIis operator license is vital for those businesses involved in importing or manufacturing and selling of food products. For applying for an ingredient approval, it is required to submit FSSAI business operator license certificate.

Plus, it is important to make the food business operator license application in the business name.

Test reports The product approval FSSAI application should contain all the necessary reports of test from ILAC/NABL accredited labs. The ILAC/NABL lab reports are for validating the claims, label claims, the ingredient and other food product parameters like heavy metals, contaminants, toxins, pesticide and insecticide residues, etc.. Depending on the nature of the product, the test types are decided.

Food product label The application should contain the label of the product. It can be a prototype instead of being a printed one. But it is vital that the food product should comply by FSSAI Food Product Labelling Standards in India.

Submission

As soon as the required information and documents get ready, file the application in the hard copy to the Central FSSAI Non-Specified Food Approval departmentFood Product Approval System. It is very important to seek professional help while submission of the application as even a slightest error could lead to rejection of the application.

Thus, this article gives a brief idea on how to obtain a Non-Specified Food Approval or new pProduct aApproval and Non-Specified Ingredient Approval or Iingredient aApproval from FSSAI. Author: Being one of the food products expert, the author has good knowledge on the rules and regulation one has to follow for getting approval and license for introducing new food products in the market.