ABSTRACT
The Food Safety and Standards Act (FSSA), 2006, which grants the authority to regulate food safety throughout India, established the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI). A new amendment went into effect as of August 2019 and pertains to the original act. The Prevention of Food Adulteration Act, 1954; the Fruit Products Order, 1955; the Meat Food Products Order, 1973; the Vegetable Oil Products (Control) Order, etc., were all supplanted by the FSSAI Act, which is a unified set of laws. The Food Safety and Standard (Health Supplements, Nutraceuticals, Food for Special Medical Purposes, Functional food) Regulation 2016 expands the scope of special foods regulation and harmonizes domestic and international laws. This regulation is broadly divided into nine chapters with distinct subjects. According to the statute, Chapter I contains basic definitions, Chapter II focuses more on generic foods, and Chapter III is only applicable to foods and dietary supplements. Chapter IV is interesting since the foods are marketed as nutraceuticals. Chapter V has instructions for using foods for unique dietary needs and those that should be consumed with a doctor’s supervision. Chapter VI describes the usage of Foods for Specific Medicinal Objectives (FSMO). The other chapters deal with foods containing probiotic ingredients in Chapter VII; foods containing prebiotic ingredients in Chapter VIII; specialty foods containing ingredients based on Ayurveda, Unani, and Siddha, and traditional health systems of India in Chapter IX; and Chapter IX is a clear directive of the claiming as a novel food.
