1.      (1) These regulations may be called the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (Transaction of Business and Procedures for the Scientific Committee and Scientific Panels) Amendment Regulations, 2020.

(2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.

(1)   In regulation 11, in sub-regulation (1), for the words “one third” the words “two third” shall be substituted.

(2)  In regulation 12, sub-regulation (1) shall be substituted with the following, namely-

“(1) The draft agenda of the meetings of the Scientific Committee or Scientific Panels shall be drawn up by the Secretariat in consultation with the Chairperson of the specific SP or SC and circulated to members at least ten working days before the meeting.”