Description
Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) directs for mandatory food safety audit of Food businesses holding central licence and falling under following 06 high risk categories of food businesses under the Food Safety and Standards (Food Safety Auditing) Regulations, 2018 (Ref : File No19(2)2018/FSA/RCD/FSSAI)
- Dairy Products and analogues, excluding products of food category 2.0.
- Meat and meat products including poultry.
- Fish and fish products, including molluscs, crustaceans, and echinoderms.
- Egg and egg products.
- Foodstuff intended for particular nutritional uses (Food for infant nutrition etc.)
- Prepared food (catering etc.)
The food business (FBO) subject to mandatory food safety auditing as per above categories shall get its business audited at periodic intervals specified by the Food authority. please refer following FSSAI notfication for more details:
https://fssai.gov.in/upload/uploadfiles/files/Order_Food_Safety_audit_09_09_2019.pdf
Briefly
Why Food Safety Audit
- Ensure Regulatory Compliance.
- Helps in a Safe Food Eco System.
- Reduce Complaints.
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