The FSSAI has stated that food businesses need to conduct the mandatory product testing twice in a financial year on a half yearly basis wherein the gap between the two mandatory testings should not be less than 3 months. These ‘mandatory testings’ should be done from April to September and October to March twice in a fiscal year.
The country’s food regulator has issued a ‘clarification’ regarding the frequency of mandatory product testing under condition of license as per the Food Safety and Standards (Licensing and Registration of Food Businesses) Regulations, 2011.
The FSSAI has added that the decision was taken to align with the online submission of the Annual Returns by the FBOs.