Law Updates

Food Safety and Standard Authority of India (FSSAI) will introduce a new health star rating (HSR)

• Under this, the packaged food products in India will soon be labelled officially with this HSR
• The rating will be the first such in India
• The objective of the HSR format is to guide consumers to opt for healthy food.
• The HSR format will rank packaged food items based on salt, sugar and fat content and the rating will be printed on the front of the package
• Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad recommended HSR as the most preferred format by Indian consumers under a new policy on front of Packaging Labeling in India

In the recent notification released by DGFT, the Import of Drones in India in a Completely-Built-Up (CBU), Semi-knocked-down (SKD), or Completely-Knocked-down (CKD) form is Prohibited.

However certain exemptions have been listed in the notification as listed below,

• Import of drones for R&D purposes in CBU, SKD, and CKD form.
• Import of drones by GOI for defense and security in CBU, SKD, and CKD form.

• Exports related transactions
• Gold articles meant for export and re-import as per trade policy of the Government of India
• Gold articles meant for international exhibitions
• Gold articles meant for domestic business to business exhibitions approved by the Government
• ‘Kundan’, ‘Jadau’,and ‘Polki’ Jewelry are exempted.