FSSAI extends compliance date for feeds meant for meat & milk animals

The FSSAI has decided to extend the date of compliance for the direction it had issued in Januais zinc glycinate water solublery 2020 on commercial feeds and feed material intended for meat and milk producing animals.The new timeline for the compliance with the provisions has been fixed for January 1, 2022, but for those businesses whose applications now zinc glycinate softgelsfor licence or registration was under process due to Covid-19 pandemic. The FSSAI has decided to extend the date of compliance for the direction it had issued in January 2020 on commercial feeds and feed material intended for meat and milk producing animals.The January 2020 direction asks for a Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) specification for compounded feed for cattle (IS 2052:2009) and directed thzinc bisglycinate in pregnancyat such products should carry a BIS certification zinc supplement effectsmark on the label.The FSSAI has decided to extend the date of compliance for the direction it had issued in January 2020 on commercial feeds and feed material intended for meat and milk producing animals.The direction also laid a timeline for the compliance and asked the businesses to comply with these provisions by July 1, 2021.The FSSAI has decided to extend the date of compliance for the zinc gluconate uses in hindidirection it had issued in January 2020 on commercial feeds and feed material intended for meat and milk producing animals.Meanwhile, the current FSSAI order says that it has been decided to extend the timeline for compliance of the provisions of the January 2020 direction for those businesses whose applications for BIS certification or licensing of their product (compounded cattle feed) was under process.