Browse Data and Analysis

On March 3, 2023, India’s Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying/Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying (DAHD) published on its website, a revised integrated veterinary health certificate (VHC), that incorporates the DAHD’s sanitary requirements along with those of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare/Food Safety and Standards Authority of India’s (FSSAI) (national food safety authority) food safety requirements.

India’s rapeseed and mustard (rapeseed-mustard) production estimate for marketing year (MY) 2022/2023 (October-September) is forecast to drop slightly to 11.4 million metric tons, harvested from a record 9.2 million hectares following a favorable monsoon performance in the state of Rajasthan.

On February 27, 2022, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare/Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) notified on its website Direction 1-94/FSSAI/SP (Claims and Advertisement)/2017.

On February 24, 2023, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare/Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) issued an order pertaining to FSSAI Order TIC-20012/2021-IMPORTS-FSSAI (E2475), extending the compliance date for a third time for Imports of Milk, Pork, and Fish Products.

The expansion of India’s dairy sector is driving the increase in the cattle (both bovine and Asian domestic water buffalo) herd numbers. In marketing year (MY) 2023 (January-December) herd numbers have grown to 307.5 million head as compared to 306.7 million head in 2022.

The Government of India (GOI) notified Draft Plant Quarantine (Regulation of Import into India) (Ninth Amendment) Order, 2017 to the WTO for comments on July 12....

The Government of India’s (GOI) Directorate of Plant Protection, Quarantine and Storage (DPPQS) published a notice on its initiation to issue e-phyto to all countries.

The Government of India’s (GOI) Food Safety and Standards Authority of India published a notification to amend the Food Safety and Standards (Prohibition and Restrictions on Sales) Regulations....

Southwest monsoon rains in June supported the higher pace of planting Kharif crops compared to last year, but a long dry spell since the beginning of July has raised concerns....

On July 13, 2017, the Government of India’s (GOI) Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) issued an order to list certain advisories and guidelines previously issued....

The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) issued directives to implement Food Safety and Standards (Food Products Standards and Food Additives) Amendment Regulation, 2017....

On June 23, 2017, the Government of India (GOI) amended the Legal Metrology (LM) (packaged commodities) Rules, 2011 and published in the Official Gazette of India.