Vidarbha Industries Association, Nagpur (VIA) in association with Legal Fundda organizes 

One Day Workshop on “Food Safety & Standards Act/Rules and Legal Metrology Act/Rules including License/Registration and Mandatory Declarations on Label of pre-packaged commodities, retail/wholesale package, Print Advertisement, TVC & E-commerce website”

About: This training workshop is designed to provide in depth knowledge of the Food Safety & Standards Act and Legal Metrology Act, licensing requirements and detail information on the various mandatory declarations on food, non-food pre-packaged commodities, retail pack, wholesale/multipiece pack, print advertisement, TVC, and E-commerce website. 

After attending this seminar, you will be able to:

• Understand the Food Safety & Standards Act and Legal Metrology Act in depth,
• Understand all the mandatory requirements for FBO licensing/registration and labeling of various food, non-food pre-packaged product, print advertisement, TVC and E-commerce website.
• Understand process to obtain, amend, and renew license/registration for the business and mandatory term and conditions to be complied.
• Identify whether mandatory requirements on a particular label, print advertisement, TVC, and E-commerce website are in conformance with the applicable laws and rules.
• Develop, review and suggest required corrections.
• Identify and rectify any misleading information, false statement/claim made on the label, print advertisement, TVC and E-commerce portal.
• Defend any false allegation regarding misbranding, misleading, substandard, unsafe and non-conformance in the product label, advertisement and E-commerce website.  

Topics covered:

5. Introduction and overview of Food Safety & Legal Metrology Acts.
5. Enforcement of Food Safety & Legal Metrology Acts in India,
5. Various licenses, registrations, process to obtain, amend, and renew license/registration.
5. Sampling process, analysis, report, re-analysis, NABL lab, referral lab.  
5. Misbranding, misleading, sub-standard and unsafe product.
5. Liability of Nominee, Directors, Owner of Food Business, process & forms for nomination.
5. General requirements of Product labeling, E-commerce, registration of E-commerce FBO, handling of consumer complaints.  
5. Labeling of pre-package commodities, retail, wholesale/multi-piece packages, value package, small packages, exemptions, manner of declarations, location, size, font, colours, principal display panel,         
5. Offence by companies, nominations, compounding of offences, fines and penalties, adjudication for “misbranded” food, criminal prosecutions, judgement of high court and Supreme Court of India.
5. Q & A.      

Acts/Rules/Regulations/Guidelines/Case laws:

• Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006.
• Food Safety and Standards (Licensing and Registration of Food Businesses) Regulation, 2011.
• Food Safety and Standards (Packaging & Labeling) Regulation, 2011.
• FSSAI Guidelines for operation E-commerce FBO.
• Legal Metrology Act, 2009.
• Legal Metrology (Package Commodities) Rules, 2011.
• Legal Metrology (Packaged Commodities) Amendment Rules, 2017.
• Judgements of High Court and Supreme Court of India.

Trainer: - Experienced industry professional from top multinational company having rich 16 years of work experience in Food/FMCG/Manufacturing/E-commerce sector and practical knowledge of the subject and have successfully conducted similar events all over india.   

Who should attend:- Manufacturer, Packer, Importer, Wholesaler, Retailers of Pre-packaged food non-food Commodities, E-commerce companies, Start-up, MSME, Label & Art work designers, Advertisers & Publishers, In house Counsels, Quality and Regulatory Professionals, Advocates, Law Students, Job seekers etc.