Building bridges- National & International Regulations Aligning FSSA with CODEX) Moderator : Prabodh Halde

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Aligning FSSA with CODEX

What we will cover Context Setting : Codex: FSSAI -Prabodh Role of GFSI -Mr. Yves Rey,GFSI The Dutch approach food safety-Mrs. Frederieke Damme, US Food Safety implementation Dr. John T. Sproul, USFDA NABL's role in ensuring food safety Mr. Anand Deep Gupta, Accreditation Officer, NABL How to ensure honesty of Claims? – Dr. Jasvir Singh, 15 min Each = 1.25 min and 20 min Q&A – TOTAL : 1:45 min.

Food Legislation – Milestones in India 1899: States’ / Provinces’ own food laws with difference in standards for the same commodity -- Conflicts in inter provincial trade : Central Advisory Board for Central Legislation that brings in uniformity throughout the country : Central Legislation – Prevention of Food Adulteration Act, Rules and Standards framed under the Act : FOOD SAFETY & STANDARDS ACT – : FSSR 2012 – Import Regulation

FSSAI replaced the following Acts : 5 TH August 2011 : FSSAI The Prevention of Food Adulteration Act, 1954(37 of 1954). The Fruit Products Order, The Meat Food Products Order, 1973, The Edible Oils Packaging (Regulation) Order, The Vegetable Oil Products (Control) Order, The Milk and Milk Products Order, The Solvent Extracted Oil, De oiled Meal, and Edible Flour (Control) Order, 1967 Any other order issued under the Essential Commodities Act, 1955 relating to food

Present Food Regulatory System Present Food Regulatory System FOOD Related Regulations/ Guidance MANDATORY VOLUNTARY COMPULSORY AGMARK/BIS EC FSSA/LM BIS /AGMARK ISO HACCP CODEX

Source: KPMG notes on India (2009), Times of India, Govt. websites 52% cultivable land (World average 11%) 52% cultivable land (World average 11%) All 15 major climates in the world exist in India 46 out of 60 soil types exist in India 20 agri-climatic regions Sunshine hours and day length are ideally suited for round the year cultivation Milk, Pulses Tea, Spices Livestock population Mango Wheat, Rice Fruits, Vegetables Sugarcane Coarse grains Edible oilseeds Poultry 7 Marine 10% world’s arable land (160mhectare); 1/5 world’s irrigated land 3 rd largest producer of agriculture commodities World Share of Agri production : Mango 50% Tea28% Milk15% Fruits10% Vegetables10% Cashew36% Banana20% 9500 medicinal/aromatic plants species Advantage INDIA

The Codex Alimentarius Commission was created in 1963 by FAO and WHO to develop food standards, guidelines and related texts such as codes of practice under the Joint FAO/WHO Food Standards Programme.

Objectives of Codex W Protecting health of the consumers H Fair trade practices in the food trade, Y Propmote coordination of all food standards all across world. Accepted by WTA in settling disputes in international trade

Codex Functioning 14 Inclusive Transparent Democratic Consensus Inclusive Transparent Democratic Consensus Time & Resource Intensive

General Food Safety Principles: FSSA & Codex FSSACodex Safety paramount –ALOP human life & health –Protect consumers interest –Fair trade Practice Scientific risk approach Proportionate measures (no more restrictive to trade than required to achieve ALOP) International standards

Regulatory Transition PFA Adulteration PFA Adulteration FSSA Safety Based 1954-Control /Inspection Trust /Assurance

WHAT WE NEED Positive participation with authority.

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