{"id":10074,"date":"2023-04-22T04:19:32","date_gmt":"2023-04-21T22:49:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=10074"},"modified":"2025-03-29T17:11:53","modified_gmt":"2025-03-29T11:41:53","slug":"food-safety-and-compliance-system-foscos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/food-safety-and-compliance-system-foscos\/","title":{"rendered":"Food Safety and Compliance System (FOSCOS)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>About Food Safety and Compliance System:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>It is an enhanced version of the Food Licensing and Registration System (FLRS) which was launched in 2012 for the issuance of <strong>pan-India FSSAI Licenses and Registration.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>It is a comprehensive system for <strong>registration and licensing<\/strong> for Food Business Operators (FBOs).<\/li>\n<li>It is a one-point stop for FBOs for their interface with the food safety regulator for all types of compliances.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>Key facts about the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI)<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>It is a <strong>statutory body<\/strong> established under the <strong>Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006<\/strong> (FSS Act).<\/li>\n<li>FSS Act, of 2006 consolidated various acts &amp; orders that had earlier handled food-related issues in various Ministries and Departments.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Nodal ministry:<\/strong> Ministry of Health &amp; Family Welfare.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Some of the Initiatives of FSSAI<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Heart Attack Rewind:<\/strong> It was launched for the elimination of industrially produced trans-fat in the food supply.<\/li>\n<li>It will support <a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/upsc-exam\/fssai-full-form\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>FSSAI<\/strong><\/a>\u201fs global target of eliminating trans-fat in India by the year 2022.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li><strong>Eat Right India movement: <\/strong>It is an initiative to transform the country\u2019s food system to ensure safe, healthy and sustainable food for all Indians.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><strong>Q1) What is a statutory body?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>A statutory body is a government entity created by an Act of Parliament or legislation, with the power to regulate, oversee, or provide a specific service. These bodies have a legal mandate to carry out their functions<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/pib.gov.in\/PressReleaseIframePage.aspx?PRID=1918543\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><u>FSSAI\u2019S FoSCoS WEB APPLICATION TO BE NOW AVAILABLE IN REGIONAL LANGUAGES<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Food Safety and Compliance System was launched in 2012 for issuance of pan-India FSSAI Licenses and Registration.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":10075,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-10074","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10074","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10074"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10074\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10075"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10074"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10074"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10074"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}