FSSAI Certification for Food Safety

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Presentation on FSSAI Certification
-By Punyam Management Services
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What is FSSAI?
FSSAI's Food Safety and Standards Authority of
India (FSSAI) were adopted in the context of food
safety and standards. FSSAI is responsible for
protecting public health and promoting through
the regulation and supervision of food safety.
FSSAI is made for the adoption of science-based
standards for food products and their production,
storage, distribution, sale and import regulate
to ensure the availability of safe and wholesome
food for human consumption.
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General Requirements

• Display of license/ Notices/ Certificates etc.
• Knowledge of food handling practices.
• Regular health status monitoring of food
  handlers.
• Food safety messages depending on type of food
  being sold.
• Special instructions on product (food being
  sold), if needed.

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Key Elements

• Food safety management system
• Risk assessment
• Communication
• Product recall
• Penalty for unhygienic processing
• Scope covers all commercial food
• Packaging labeling including nutrition
• Guidelines for imported food

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Requirements for FSSAI License
The registration bodies shall maintain and make
publicly available accurate information
describing its certification processes for
granting, maintaining, extending, renewing,
reducing, suspending or withdrawing product
certification, and geographical areas in which it
operates the information shall include things as
follows-
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• Reference to the Certification Criteria,
• Procedure for obtaining Product Certification,
  a detailed description of the initial and
  continuing certification activity, including the
  application, initial evaluation, periodic
  surveillance evaluations.
• An Application form
• List of documents required to be submitted
  along with the application.
• Information about the fee for application,
  initial certification and continuing
  certification.
• Documents describing the rights and duties of
  certified clients, and
• Information on procedures for handling
  complaints and appeals.

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8 Facts about FSSAI that Everyone Should Aware
of it-

• FSSAI is Indias code of conduct for food
  companies. Approximately 90 of food products
  available in the market have clear FSSAI
  specifications that they need to meet.
• It takes 60 days to get a FSSAI license and 3-6
  months for product approval for a new product
  being launched in the market. These are those
  products which are not included in the exhaustive
  food products list.
• All food products are not tested by FSSAI
  before giving out the license number. But they
  may be picked up for random sample checks at any
  point of time.

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• All food products, imported foods, packaged
  foods and even fresh produce, comes under the
  purview of FSSAI. Only 2 places where FSSAI has
  no control is when produce or grains are with the
  farmer and seafood is in the hand of the
  fisherman.
• Compared to the previous food safety act, PFAA
  (Prevention of Food Adulteration Act), FSSAI is
  more powerful with its policing abilities. By
  introducing and enforcing this law, the
  government is trying to ensure that what you eat
  is as safe as it can get.
• End consumer has more benefits with FSSAI laws.
  You can file a complaint against a food product
  which will get investigated and if found guilty
  you are eligible for compensation.

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• As part of FSSAI License the following things
  must be mentioned on packaged food labels, and
  you must check for them
• Nutritional Value
• Shelf Life and Expiry Date
• Vegetarian or Non Vegetarian Stamp
• And FSSAI logo with the license number.
• Your vegetable vendor can also get a FSSAI
  license as long as he fulfills the mandates of
  the law. This allows FSSAI to track your food in
  your hands to the first hand it came from.

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