|
|
|
You can get e-magazine links on WhatsApp. Click here
|
|
|
|
|
|
FSSAI further extends deadline for order on cert accompanying imported food
|
|
Tuesday, 28 February, 2023, 08 : 00 AM [IST]
|
|
Ashwani Maindola, New Delhi
|
The apex food regulator, FSSAI, has decided to extend the deadline for its order on requirement of ‘health certificate’ with imported food consignments, indefinitely. The previous date for implementation of the order was set for March 1, 2023.
The FSSAI order says that 'the date for implementation of the order is extended till further order'.
The food authority had issued an order in August 2022 and the subsequent clarification in September on the subject, wherein it had ordered that from November 1, 2022, imported consignments of milk and milk products, pork & pork products and fish & fish products were required to be accompanied by a health certificate issued by a competent authority of the exporting country.
The food authority had also prescribed the format of the health certificate to be accompanied with such imported food categories wherein attestations were required regarding sanitary and food safety related conditions and a general condition that the source animal shall not be fed with feed containing meat or bone meal including internal organs, blood meal and issues of bovine or porcine origin material except milk and milk products and has/have not been manufactured using animal rennet.
Also, in September, FSSAI issued a clarification that an integrated/single certificate incorporating food safety related requirement/attestations is also accepted by FSSAI at the time of import clearance and it may be ensured that integrated certificates shall incorporate all the information as per format notified by the FSSAI in August 2022 order.
Meanwhile, the FSSAI has stated that the decision to extend the implementation till further order was taken after considering the request from various countries.
Earlier, comments were sought from the WTO members on the subject and after considering the comments received from the trading partners in respect of implementation time, it was decided that the date of implementation of the order shall be extended by two months until January 1, 2023.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|