revised list of antibiotics and veterinary drugs

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Date: 4/5/2019

GAIN Report Number: IN9030

India

Post: New Delhi

Revised List of Antibiotics and Veterinary Drugs

Report Categories:

Sanitary/Phytosanitary/Food Safety

Exporter Guide

FAIRS Subject Report

Livestock and Products

Poultry and Products

Approved By:

Tiffany Landry

Prepared By:

Radha Mani

Report Highlights:

The Government of India’s (GOI) Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) published a

revised list of antibiotics and veterinary drugs along with their tolerance limits specified under the Food

Safety and Standards (Contaminants, Toxins and Residues) Second Amendment Regulations, 2018.

Implementation for the amended regulations began April 1, 2019.

General Information:

DISCLAIMER: The information contained in this report was retrieved from the FSSAI’s website

http://www.fssai.gov.in/. The Office of Agricultural Affairs, USDA and/or the U.S. Government make

no claim of accuracy or authenticity.

On March 29, 2019, FSSAI notified a revised list of tolerance limits for antibiotics/veterinary drugs.

The revisions listed in Annexure-I of the notification is a sub-set of the list earlier provided in the Food

Safety and Standards (Contaminants, Toxins and Residues) Second Amendment Regulations, 2018.

The current notification also notes that antibiotics and veterinary drugs not listed in Annexure-I, but

covered in the amendment regulations of July 2018, require modifications for either deletions or

changes in their tolerance limits or changes in antibiotic/veterinary drug commodity combination.

FSSAI has therefore delayed their implementation date until further orders. The modifications, when

completed, will be published as amendments to the Regulations, inviting stakeholders’ comments.

The full text of the current notification with Annexure-I is copied below and is available on FSSAI’s

website www.fssai.gov.in.