Restricted entry of food items in under specific ports - Customs - Instruction No. 31/2022

Instruction No. 31/2022 -Customs F. No. 401/66/2022-cus-lll Government of India Ministry of Finance Department of Revenue (Central Board of Indirect Taxes Customs) Room No. 229 A, North Block New Delhi, dated the 14th November, 2022 To All Principal Chief Commissioner/ Chief Commissioner of Customs/ Customs (Preventive)/ Customs Central Tax All Principal Chief Commissioner of Customs/ Customs (Preventive) Pr. Director [Director Generals under CBIC Subject: Restricted entry of food items in under specific ports - reg. Madam/Sir, Reference is invited to F. No. TIC-B02/5/2022-lmports-FSSAl dated 17th October, 2022 both issued by Food Safety and Standards Authority of India, New Delhi on the above-mentioned subject (copy enclosed). 2. Vide order dated 17.10.2022 FSSAI has decided that with effect from 1st February, 2023, import of below specified high-risk products shall be permitted only through 61 ports (copy attached), which are directly manned and managed by FSSAI office/officials. The list of such high-risk food products is as specified below:- (i) Milk and Milk Products; (ii) Egg powder. (iii) Meat and Meat Products including Poultry, Fish and their products. (iv) Food for Infant nutrition / Infant Foods. (v) Nutraceuticals. Health supplements, Food for Dietary uses. Probiotic and prebiotic foods. Foods for Special Medical Purpose. 3. In this regard, FSSAI has also sought comments/suggestions to facilitate ease of doing business while ensuring the mandate of safe food import in India within 30 days from the date of publication of that order at email id - [email protected] and [email protected] 4. It is also requested to sensitize the officers and trade under your jurisdiction on the above orders of FSSAI by way of issue of suitable public notice/ standing order . 5. The difficulties, if any, in the implementation of this Instruction may be brought to the notice of the Board. 6. Hindi version follows. Encl: as above Yours faithfully, (Manish Kumar Choudhary) Under Secretary to the Government of India F. No : TIC-B05/5/2022-IMPORTS-FSSAI Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (A Statuary Authority established under the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006) (Trade International Cooperation Division) FDA Bhawan, Kotla Road, New Delhi-110002 ORDER Dated, the 17 th October, 2022 Sub: Restricted entry of food items in under specific ports-reg In pursuance of Section 25, Chapter V of Food Safety and Standards Act, empowering Food Safety and Standards Authority of India to regulate and ensure the safety of food being imported in the country and to envisage a robust import control system ensuring efficient monitoring and traceability of high risk products, it has been decided that import of high risk products as specified below shall be permitted through 61 ports only which are directly manned and managed by FSSAI office/officials (list of port enclosed). The list of such high food products is as below: i. Milk and Milk products, ii. Egg powder, iii. Meat and Meat products including poultry, fish and their products, iv. Foods for Infant nutrition/ Infant Foods, v. Nutraceuticals, Health supplements, Foods for Dietary uses, Probiotic and prebiotic foods, Foods for Special Medical Purposes, 2. To further facilitate ease of doing business while ensuring the mandate of safe food imports in India, comments/suggestions are invited from all the stakeholders in this regard within 30 days from the date of publication of this order at e.mail [email protected] ; [email protected] . The above said order will be effective from 1 st February, 2023. This issues with the approval of the Competent Authority. (Dr. Amit Sharma) Director (Trade International Cooperation) Encl: List of Ports. List of Ports Sl No FSSAI Regional Office Location Point of Entry Port Code 1. FSSAI, Southern Region Chennai Custom HouseChennai INMAA1 2. Kattupalli port INKAT1 3. Ennore SEA(Kamrajar Port) INENR1 4. Chennai ACC Chennai INMAA4 5. Chennai ICD Concor Tondiapet INTVT6 6. ICD Irungattukottai-Chennai INILP6 7. SEZ J. Matadee Chennai Free Trade Zone INCJJ6 8. SEZ Pearl City Food Port SEZ (CCCL Infrastructure Limited) INTNC6 9. Tuticorin Custom House Tuticorin INTUT1 10. ICD Tuticorin INTUT6 11. Cochin SEZ Cochin Special Economic Zone INCOK6 12. Custom House Cochin INCOK1 13. ACC Cochin INCOK4 14. Krishnap atnam, AP KRISHNAPATNAM SEAPORT INKRI1 15. Bangalore Airport Bangalore, INBLR4 INWFD6 16. ICD Bangalore 17. Hyderabad Hyderabad Airport, INHYD4 18. ICD Hyderabad INSNF6 19. Vishakha patnam Visakhapatnam International Airport INVTZ4 20. Visakhapatnam Sea, INVTZ1 21. Gangavaram Port-Vp INGGV1 22. SEZ Visakhapatnam INVTZ6 23. SEZ Ramky Pharma City India Ltd. INAKR6 24. Mangalore ACC MANGALORE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT INIXE4 25. NEW MANGALORE SEA INNML1 26. FSSAI, Western Region Kandla, Gujarat Kandla Seaport INIXY1 27. Kandla SEZ INKDL6 28. Mundra, Gujarat MUNDRA SEAPORT INMUN1 29. OLD MUNDRA SEAPORT INOMU1 30. SEZ MUNDRA INAJM6 31. Mumbai SEZ ARSHIYA LTD.-MUMBAI INPNV6 32. ICD Mulund INMUL6 33. JNCH Nhava Sheva INNSA1 34. JNPT-SEZ INPJN6 35. ACC Sahar INBOM4 36. NCH Mumbai INBOM1 37. Ahmedab ad AHMEDABAD AIR CARGO COMPLEX INAMD4 38. ICD SABARMATI INSBI6 39. ICD THAR DRY PORT INSAU6 40. FSSAI, Eastern Region Kolkata SEZ FALTA EPZ-KOLKATA INFLT6 41. Custom House Kolkata INCCU1 42. ACC Kolkata INCCU4 43. Haldia Port INHAL1 44. FSSAI, Northern Region Haryana ICD GARHIHARSARU INGHR6 45. ICD SONIPAT INBDM6 46. ICD PATLI INPTL6 47. ICD SAMALKHA, PANIPAT INDWN6 48. ICD PALWAL INPWL6 49. ICD REWARI INREA6 50. Uttar Pradesh CFS STARTRACK DADRI INSTT6 51. ICD PAKWARA MORADABAD/ MEERUT INMBD6 52. CGML DADRI INCPL6 53. ICD CFS ALBATROSS DADRI INAPL6 54. ANFTWZ LTD -BULAND SHAHAR INBUL6 55. NOIDA (EPZ/SEZ) INNDA6 56. Delhi (NR) ACC Delhi INDEL4 57. ICD Dadri INDER6 58. ICD Faridabad INFBD6 59. ICD Loni INLON6 60. ICD Patparganj INPPG6 61. ICD Tuglakabad INTKD6