Noting interlinkages of food safety with food security, public health, trade, economy, employment and poverty alleviation, the United Nations General Assembly designated June 7th as World Food Safety Day in 2018. On the eve of the first World Food Safety Day, the Hon’ble Prime Minister of India, Shri Narendra Modi, stated that since ‘food safety is of prime importance for the well-being and health of our nation as well as its people, particularly women and children’, the Government of India ‘is focused on implementing the latest and best standards of food safety in the country’. For streamlining India’s food safety compliance ecosystem, this report argues that it should be – 1. based on best available science; 2. rational, risk-based, robust, resilient and predictable (vis-à-vis design); 3. consistent and transparent (vis-à-vis enforcement); 4. easily accessible and understandable for all stake-holders; 5. use most innovative and least burdensome tools for achieving regulatory objectives. less Contents in Detail List of Tables Foreword by Mr Pawan Kumar Agarwal, CEO, FSSAI About the Report Summary of Challenges Faced by Food Business Operators (FBOs) in India Summary of Our Recommendations Acknowledgments 1. Introduction 1.1 The Food Industry in India and the UK 2. Food Safety Regulatory Ecosystem in India 2.1 Enforcement of Food Safety Act, Rules and Regulations 2.2 Licensing and Registration 2.3 Packaging and Labelling 2.4 Ensuring Food Safety by Training and Inspections 2.5 Towards Risk-based Inspections 2.6 Self-compliance 3. Food Safety Regulatory Ecosystem in the UK 3.1 FSA and Food Legislations in the UK 3.2 Registration Process 3.3 Novel Foods Legislation 3.4 Labelling and Packaging Compliance Requirements 3.5 Division of Responsibility 3.6 Food Safety Inspections and Enforcement 3.7 Coordination between the FSA and Local Authorities (LAs) 3.8 Primary Authority (PA) 3.9 Food Hygiene Rating Scheme (FHRS) 4. Challenges for Food Business Operators (FBOs) in India 4.1 Impediments to Transparency 4.2 Impediments to Predictability 4.3 Impediments to Consistency 4.4 Other Impediments 5. Learnings from the UK 5.1 Risk-based Food Surveillance System 5.2 Impact Assessments (IAs) 5.3 ‘Regulating Our Future’ – FSA’s Future Plans 5.4 Government-wide Regulatory Reforms in the UK 6. Further Recommendations 6.1 Recommendations for Systemic Reforms 6.2 Recommendations for Streamlining the Operations of the FSSAI 7. Appendices Appendix A – Primary Authority (PA) Appendix B – Proposed Regulatory Philosophy Statement for the FSSAI Bibliography