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Notified on 24 March 2026 and in force from 1 July 2027, the labelling amendment changes non-retail containers, small-pack logo rules and infant nutrition declarations. The bigger story is the date itself.

FSSAI published a draft packaging amendment on 26 February 2026 introducing formal definitions for food contact materials and non-intentionally added substances. It is still a draft — but the direction is unambiguous.

The long-pending draft amendments to the Advertising and Claims Regulation are now final. Absolute claims, medical terminology and unsubstantiated health benefits are all squarely in scope — with penalties up to Rs 10 lakh per offence.

Notified 10 March 2026 and effective 1 April, the licensing overhaul ends renewal cycles and lifts the registration ceiling from Rs 12 lakh to Rs 1.5 crore. Both changes are good news. One of them is also a trap.

The FOPNL draft has been pending since September 2022 under more than 14,000 stakeholder comments. A Parliamentary committee has now urged FSSAI to finalise it. Here is how to prepare without guessing at text that does not exist yet.

FSSAI has signalled stricter regulation of protein supplements following a study that found questionable health claims and inaccurate nutritional information on products sold in stores, gyms and online. Here is what to fix while it is still cheap.

FSSAI moved the alcoholic beverage labelling deadline from January to July 2026. Weeks after it passed, select variants of Old Monk, Royal Challenge, Antiquity Blue and Bagpiper were prohibited. There is a lesson in that sequence.

In July 2026 FSSAI told makers of high-caffeine beverages to stop calling them energy drinks — and gave them 90 days. The drinks were not banned. The word was. That distinction is the whole lesson.