New Delhi, March 13 -- In a significant step towards promoting ease of doing business while ensuring robust food safety standards, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) has approved a series of comprehensive regulatory and procedural reforms, the release said.

The reforms have been finalised following detailed deliberations with States/UTs and stakeholders and are aligned with the recommendations of the High-Level Committee on Non-Financial Regulatory Reforms constituted by NITI Aayog.

To reduce regulatory burden, the proposal for perpetual validity of FSSAI registrations and licences has been approved. Earlier, registrations and licences were required to be renewed periodically. Under the revised framework, registrations an...