On 17th October 2024, Food Safety and Standards (Prohibition and Restrictions on Sales) Amendment Regulations, 2024 was published.

(i) In regulation 2.1, sub-regulation 2.1.1, the third provison, which begins with “Provided also that prohibition in regulation 2.1.1” and ends with “the relevant standard prescribed by these regulations,” shall be replaced with:

“Provided also that the prohibition in regulation 2.1.1 (5) shall not apply to Multi-Source Edible Oil as specified in clause 24 of sub-regulation 2.2.1 of regulation 2.2 of the Food Safety and Standards (Food Products Standards and Food Additives) Regulations, 2011. However, Multi-Source Edible Oil cannot be sold in packages larger than 15 litres.”

(ii) In regulation 2.3:

(A) Sub-regulation 2.3.8 shall be removed. (B) In sub-regulation 2.3.14: (a) Clauses (4) and (5) shall be removed. (b) In clause (11), the words “AGMARK certification mark bearing” shall be removed. (c) In clause (13), the words “AGMARK certification mark bearing” shall be removed. (d) Clauses (17) and (18) shall be removed.

The Form A shall be omitted.

Read the notification here.