Regulatory Compliance

It is every organization’s responsibility to comply with law, regulations, guidelines & specification as per country of manufacturing and country of sale requirements. Food Cognizant stands out as an expert in industry and keeps abreast with ever changing circumstances and new regulations to ensure that all our client’s are up to date and always compliant.

FSSAI

Food Safety Standard Authority of India (FSSAI) is an apex national food regulatory body hence it is mandatory to comply with FSSA 2206 & FSSR 2011 requirements. On failure to achieve the same can attract heavy penalty apart from negative image in the country. Food Safety Standard Regulations, 2011 comprises of Licensing & Registration of Food business, Food Products Standards & Food Additives, Packaging & Labeling of Prepackaged Products & Contaminants and Toxins & Residue limits.

Area of expertise:  –

– FSSAI Licensing & Registration consultancy.
 – Schedule IV implementation consultancy.
 – Labeling compliance as per Packaging & Labeling Regulation.
 – Product Compliance as per FSS Food Products Standards & Food Additives Regulation.
 – Training partner with FoStaC training & capability building across nations

US FDA

Food Cognizant in collaboration with our international associate provides complete regulatory consultancy for export regulations to the USA. We help in complying with the requirements of US FDA which is federal agency responsible for food import regulation.

Area of expertise:
– Food Facility Registration & US Agent Service
– Food Canning Establishment (FCE) Registration for Acidified & Low Acid Food Establishment
– Process Filings for Low Acid & Acidified Food to get unique Submission Identifier (SID)
 – Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) Implementation (cGMP & HARPC)
 – Labeling Compliance, including nutrition values rounding off and allergen declaration.
– Preventive Control Qualified Individual (PCQI) for Preventive Control for Human Food, Rule training & empanelled service.

Labeling Compliance

One of Food Cognizant’s core area lies in impeccable understanding of national & international regulations. We help exporters to comply with labeling regulation not only as per FSSAI & US FDA requirements but also for various other countries such as Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA), EU Regulations, Food Standards Code Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) etc.