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The NGO and associated sectors have urged the FSSAI to defer the enforcement of Food Safety and Standards Regulations 2017 related to Organic Foods for further reasoning. The NGO and the Civil Society Groups have demanded in a letter to the CEO of FSSAI to postpone the conscription of regulation against uncertified organic farmers and to exempt local traders from these regulations. In this blog, we’re going to dig in deeper to know more about it.
The FSSAI under the Section 92 (1) of the FSS Act which is “Power of Food Authority to make Regulations” made a regulation namely, the “Food Safety and Standards {Organic Foods} Regulations, 2017”. This regulation was made available to the public on the 22nd of June 2017. It consists of three chapters setting up guidelines the organic food labeling and certification and Imports and Reciprocity.
India Organic is a certification mark used by manufacturers of organically farmed food products. The food products containing the certification mark certifies it and proves that the food product complies with the National Standards for Organic Products {NPOP} established in the year 2000.
The certification mark came into existence in the year 2002, even though the National Standards for Organic Products {NPOP} is in effect since 2000.
The standards ensure that the products are produced without using any chemical fertilizers, induced hormones, or pesticides. The government agency that issues this certification is the Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority {APEDA}. This authority works under the National Program for Organic Production of the Government of India.
The organic certification is a certification scheme that is used to certify/ approve products that comply with organic food standards. Products that are certified containing the prescribed logo assures the consumers that the food they are consumers is healthy and is organic.
India has a higher number of organic farmers than any other country
India has the third-highest annual increase of organic cultivable land in 2015
As per the Food Safety and Standards {Organic Foods} Regulations, 2017, the Food Safety Regulator, i.e., the FSSAI relaxed certain norms for small organic producers. The FSSAI allowed small organic producers having a turnover of over Rs. 12 lakhs to sell their products without obtaining the Organic Certification. However, such organic producers won’t be able to use the ‘Jaivik Bharat’ logo.
Also, the FSSAI gave similar relaxation to Aggregators having a turnover of Rs. 50 lakhs. However, organic food retailers need to comply with existing certification norms. The regulatory body said that the self-certification of the aggregators and small organic producers having prescribed turnovers would be considered. However, the limits of contaminants and insecticides will also be checked in case of such exempted categories of producers and aggregators. These exemptions will be valid until 1 April 2020.
The NGOs gave the following reasons for requesting the FSSAI to defer its decision of enforcing the Food Safety and Standards {Organic Foods} Regulations 2017[1];
The significant problems in the present Organic Certification system are the following;
The civil society sectors and NGOs requested the FSSAI to postpone its decision of enforcing the Food Safety and Standards (Organic Foods) Regulations, 2017. The current certification for organic food is costly and complicated, and that’s what the NGOs wants the FSSAI to reconsider. That is the reason why they urged the regulatory body to defer its decision. Till date, the FSSAI has not taken any steps towards the NGOs’ requests. We will have to look forward in the coming future what the FSSAI will do to make the certification process of organic foods simpler and cheaper.
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