Jan 2, 2021
Food regulator FSSAI has extended the deadline by six months till July 1, 2021, for the food business operators (FBOs) to comply with the regulations related to the limit of calcium and magnesium in packaged drinking water, other than mineral water. This was done after the regulator received representation from a section of stakeholders requesting for further extension of time since FBOs are not yet prepared to comply with regulations due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) had earlier extended the deadline to July 1, 2020, and subsequently till January 1, 2021.
“It has been decided to further extend the timeline for compliance related to limits of calcium and magnesium for the standards of Packaged Drinking Water (other than mineral water) up to July 1,” the regulator said. These standards on packaged drinking water are prescribed in the Food Safety and Standards (Food Product Standards and Food Additives) fourth amendment regulations, 2019.