Restricted entry of food items in under specific ports

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Instruction No. 31/2022 -Customs

No. 401/66/2022-Cus-III
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

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-Imports-FSSAI 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) 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 – dramit.sharma@fssai.gov.in and import@fssai.gov.in

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 17th 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 :-dramit.sharmafssai.gov.in ; imports@fssai.gov.in.

The above said order will be effective from 1st February, 2023. This issues with the approval of the Competent Authority.

(Dr. Amit Sharma)
Director (Trade & International Cooperation)

Encl: List of Ports.

To,

1) All Authorized Officers -for compliance.

2) Additional Director General, Risk Management.Division, Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBIC).

3) Director, Customs-for circulating to all officials of Customs who has been nominated as Authorized Officers.

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.		Tuticorin	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.		Bangalor e	Airport Bangalore,	INBLR4 INWFD6
16.		Bangalor e	ICD Bangalore	INBLR4 INWFD6
17.		Hyderaba d	Hyderabad Airport,	INHYD4
18.		Hyderaba d	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.		Mangalor e	ACC MANGALORE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT	INIXE4
25.		Mangalor e	NEW MANGALORE SEA	INNML1
26.	FSSAI, Western Region	Kandla, Gujarat	Kandla Seaport	INIXY1
27.		Kandla, Gujarat	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