Certifying Agency for Organic Foodgrains

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..... Certifying Agency for Organic Foodgrains
News and Press Release
Dated:- 22-11-2019

Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) is the food regulator in the country and is respon .....

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..... sible for regulating organic food in domestic market and imports. FSSAI has notified domestic standards for organic products recognizing National Programme for Organic Production (NPOP), Participatory .....

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..... Guarantee System for India (PGS) or any other equivalent procedure as pre-requisite for qualifying the organic food claim in domestic market. FSSAI has notified Food Safety and Standards (Organic Foo .....

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..... ds) Regulations, 2017 in the Gazette of India on 29.12.2017. These Regulations require organic food to comply with the provisions of any one of the existing certification systems - National Programme .....

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..... for Organic Production under Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA) or Participatory Guarantee System for India (PGS) under Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers' .....

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..... Welfare. Organic foods are required to comply with the requirements of labelling of FSSAI in addition to that of NPOP or PGS-India. Therefore, a proper system is in place to regulate the organic food .....

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..... s in the country. This information was given by the Minister of Commerce and Industry, Piyush Goyal, in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha today.
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