BIS certification to be mandatory on packaged drinking water
The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has made it mandatory for producers of packaged drinking water and mineral water to take BIS certification for acquiring license or registration from the regulator.
The FSSAI on Friday stated that FBOs(Food Business Operators) could have to mandatorily add copy of the BIS (Bureau of Indian Standards) license or copy of letter indicating recording of software for BIS license, on the time of making use of for brand spanking new license for packaged drinking water and mineral water from the FSSAI on the web system of FoSCoS.
FSSAI stated that as per Section 31 of FSS Act 2006, all Food Business Operators (FBOs) have to get hold of license/ registration earlier than graduation of any meals enterprise.
Further, Food Safety and Standards (Prohibition and Restriction on Sales) Regulations 2011 state that no particular person ought to manufacture, promote or exhibit on the market, packaged drinking water and mineral water besides underneath the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) certification mark, stated FSSAI.
However, it has been reported that a lot of producers of packaged drinking water and mineral water are in operation with FSSAI license however with out BIS certification mark, it added.
“To ensure compliance with the availability of BIS license by the manufacturers of packaged drinking water and mineral water, it has been decided to make BIS license/application for BIS license a precondition for issuing FSSAI license,” stated the meals regulator in its order.
It stated that BIS license shall be mandatory whereas making use of for renewal of license. After acquiring the BIS license, the FBO ought to furnish its particulars in on-line annual return, stated FSSAI.
“In the event of closure of rejection of application for license by BIS, the FBO shall inform the concerned licensing authority and the FSSAI application/license is liable to be rejected/suspended/ cancelled,” stated the regulator in its order.
The order will come into impact from April 1, stated FSSAI in a letter to the Commissioner of Food Safety of all states and Union Territories and all central licensing authorities.
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