Food Safety and Standards (Procedure for Transaction of Business of the Central Advosory Committee) First Amendment Regulations, 2016

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MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

(FOOD SAFETY AND STANDARDS AUTHORITY OF INDIA)

NOTIFICATION

New Delhi, the 28

th

April , 2016

F. No. F.1-61/FSSAI/Tr.Business CAC/Reg/2015.– Whereas the draft of certain regulations further to amend

the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (Procedure for Transaction of Business of the Central Advisory

Committee) Regulations, 2010, was published as required under sub-section (1) of section 92 of the Food Safety and

Standards Act, 2006 (34 of 2006), vide notification of the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India number F. No.

F.1-61/FSSAI/Tr.Business CAC/Reg/2015 dated the 4

th

November, 2015 in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part III,

Section 4, inviting objections or suggestions from the persons likely to be affected thereby, before the expiry of the

period of sixty days from the date on which the copies of the Official Gazette containing the said notification were made

available to the public;

And whereas the copies of the said Gazette were made available to the public on 12

th

November, 2015;

And whereas the objections and suggestions received from the public in respect of the said draft regulations

have been considered by the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India;

Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by clause (b) of sub-section (2) of section 92 read with sub-

section (5) of section 11 of the said act, the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India hereby makes the following

regulations further to amend the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (Procedure for Transaction of Business of

the Central Advisory Committee) Regulations, 2010, namely:-

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REGULATIONS

1. Short title and commencement. – (1) These regulations may be called The Food Safety and Standards

Authority of India (Procedure for Transaction of Business of the Central Advisory Committee) First

Amendment Regulations, 2016.

(2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.

2. In the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (Procedure for Transaction of Business of the Central

Advisory Committee) Regulations, 2010, for regulation 14, the following regulation shall be substituted,

namely:-

“14. Reimbursement of expenses.- (1) The Members of the Central Advisory Committee shall be entitled to a

sitting fee of four thousand rupees for each day or part thereof for attending each meeting: Provided that the

Commissioner of Food Safety of the States or Union territories or any other member who is in active service of

the Government or a parastatal shall be entitled to claim their travel allowance and dearness allowance from

their respective employer,

(2) The other member shall be entitled to reimbursement of actual travel and subsistence expenses.”

PAWAN AGARWAL, Chief Executive Officer

[ADVT.III/4/Exty./47]

Note : The principal regulations were published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part III, Section 4 vide

notification number F.No. 1-61/FSSA/2009-DFQC, dated the 4

th

March, 2011 and subsequently amended vide F.No. 1-

62/FSSA/2014-DFQC, dated the 12

th

March, 2015.

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