Chapter - 2
Meat and Edible Meat Offal
Note 1. Beef includes meat and edible offal of cows, oxens and calf
Note 2. Offal includes heart, liver, tongue, kidneys and other organs.
Note 3. The export of chilled and frozen meat shall be allowed subject to the
provision specified to the gazette notification on raw meat (chilled and frozen)
under Export ( Quality Control and Inspection) Act, 1963. Offals of buffalo too
are subject to the same conditions of quality control and inspection.
Laboratories duly recognized by APEDA, as well as in-house laboratories attached
under the abattoirs cum meat processing plants registered with APEDA and Agency
approved labs, may also be used to conduct the necessary tests for confirmation
of quality under the supervision of the designated veterinary authority of the
State. On the basis of these tests and inspections carried out by Veterinarians,
duly registered under the Indian Veterinary Council Act 1984, employed by the
exporting unit and supervised by the designated veterinary authority of the
State, the veterinary Health Certificate may be issued by the designated
authorities of the state.
Note 4. Export of canned meat products shall be subject to preshipment inspection
either by the State Directorate of Animal Husbandry or Export Inspection Agency
or Directorate of Marketing and Inspection Government of India or Municipal
Corporation of Delhi(MCD) (added by Notification No. 48 dated 18.5.2011) in
accordance with either the standards prevalent in the exporting country or
standards prescribed under the Meat Food Products Order, 1973 under Export
(Quality Control and Inspection) Act, 1963 or orders made thereunder.
Note 5. Exports of gonads and other reproductive
organs of buffaloes and the germplasm of cattle and buffaloes in heading
0511 require an export licence.
Note 6. Export of meat and meat products will be allowed subject to the exporter
furnishing a declaration, attached with copies of valid APEDA Plant Registration
Certificate(s) to the customs at the time of exports that the above items have
been obtained/ sourced from an APEDA registered integrated abattoir or from
APEDA registered meat processing plant which sources raw material exclusively
from APEDA registered integrated abattoir/abattoir.
Note 7. On the cartons for export of meat , the following details shall
compulsorily be mentioned:-
- Name of the Product.
- Country of Origin
- APEDA Plant Registration No.
- Name of the exporter .
(added by Notification No 58 dated 31.03.06)
Note 8. The designated veterinary authority of the State where meat processing
unit is located, may issue the certificate on the basis of the inspections
carried out by Veterinarians duly registered under the Indian Veterinary Council
Act 1984 employed by the exporting unit and supervised by the designated
veterinary authority of the State. The Inspection Fee prescribed under the
Export of Raw Meat (Chilled / Frozen) (Quality Control and Inspection) Rules,
1992 shall continue to be paid by the exporting unit to the Agency as currently
applicable.
| S.No. |
Tariff Item HS Code |
Unit |
Item Description |
Export Policy |
Nature of Restriction |
| 18 |
02011000
02012000
02013000
02021000
02022000
02023000
|
kg |
Beef of cows, oxen and calf |
Prohibited |
Not permitted to be exported |
19 (a)
19 (b) |
0201
02011000
02012000
0202
02021000
02022000
02013000
02023000 |
Kg
Kg |
Meat of buffalo (both male and female) fresh and chilled.
Carcasses
and half carcasses
Other cuts with bone in.
Meat of buffalo (both male
and female) frozen
Carcasses and half carcasses
Other cuts with bone in
Boneless meat of buffalo
(both male and female) fresh and chilled
Boneless meat of buffalo (both male and female) frozen
(Notification No.
30 dated 21.8.2006) |
ProhProhibited
Prohibited
Prohibited
Prohibited
Free>
|
Not permitted to be exported.
Not permitted to be exported
Not
permitted to be exported.
Not permitted to be exported.
1. Export
allowed on production of a certificate from the designated veterinary
authority of the State, from which the meat or offals
emanate, to the effect that the meat or offals are from buffaloes not used for
breeding and milch purposes.
2. Quality control and inspection under Note 3 and
4 respectively as well as condition stipulated at Note 6 and 8 above are
required to be fulfilled. |
| 20 |
02041000
02042100
02042200
02042300
02043000
02044100
02044200
02044300 |
Kg |
Meat of Indian sheep (Notification No. 46 dated 20.02.2007)
|
Free |
Quality control and inspection under Note 3 and 4 respectively as
well as condition stipulated at Note 6 above are required to be
fulfilled. |
| 21 |
02045000 |
Kg |
Meat of InMeat of Indian Goat.
(Notification No. 46 dated 20.02.2007)
|
Free | Quality control and inspection under Note 3 and 4 respectively as
well as condition stipulated at Note 6 above are required to be
fulfilled. |
| 22 |
02061000
02062100
02062200
02062900
02102000
|
kg |
Beef in the form of offal of cows, oxen and calf |
Prohibited |
Not permitted to be exported |
| 23 |
02061000
02062100
02062200 02062900 02102000
|
kg |
Offal of buffalo except gonads and reproductive organs
|
Free |
1. Export allowed on production of a certificate from the designated
veterinary authority of the State, from which the meat or offals
emanate, to the effect that the meat or offals are from buffaloes not used for
breeding and milch purposes.
2. Quality control and inspection under Note 3 and
4 respectively as well as condition stipulated at Note 6 and 8 above are
required to be fulfilled. |
| 24 |
02068010 02069010 |
kg |
Offal of Indian sheep |
Free |
Quality control and inspection under Note 3 and 4
respectively as well as condition stipulated at Note 6 above are
required to be fulfilled. |
| 25 |
02068010 02069010 |
kg |
Offal of Indian Goat |
Free |
Quality control and inspection under Note 3 and 4
respectively as well as condition stipulated at Note 6 above are
required to be fulfilled. |
- Effect of this notification:
- All the amendments/changes made in Chapter 2 between August 2009 and
September 2011 have been incorporated in this notification to make it
comprehensive.
- Exporters would now be required certify both (a) that the items
have been obtained/sourced from an APEDA registered integrated abattoir or
from APEDA registered meat processing plant and (b) that the raw material
have been sourced exclusively from APEDA registered integrated
abattoir/abattoir.
- DDesignated Veterinary Authority of the State are now authorized to issue
the certificate on the basis of the inspections carried out by Veterinarians
duly registered under the Indian Veterinary Council Act 1984 employed by the
exporting unit in relevant laboratories.
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Chapter- 2
Meat and
Edible Meat Offal
Note 1 Beef includes meat and edible offal of cows, oxens and calf
Note 2 Offal includes heart, liver, tongue, kidneys and other organs.
Note 3 The export of chilled and frozen meat shall be allowed subject to the
provision specified to the gazette notification on raw meat (chilled and frozen)
under Export (Quality Control and Inspection) Act, 1963
Offals of buffalo too are subject to the same conditions of quality control and
inspection.
Note 4 Export of canned meat products shall be subject to preshipment inspection
either by the State Directorate of Animal Husbandry or Export Inspection Agency
or Directorate of Marketing and Inspection Government of India in accordance
with either the standards prevalent in the
exporting country or standards
prescribed under the Meat Food Products Order, 1973 under Export (Quality
Control and Inspection) Act, 1963 or orders made thereunder
Note 5. Exports of gonads and other reproductive organs of buffaloes and the
germplasm of cattle and buffaloes in heading 0511 require an export licence.
Note 6. Export of meat and meat products will be allowed subject to the exporter
furnishing a certificate to the customs at the time of export that the above
items have been obtained / sourced from an abattoir/ meat processing plant
registered with Agricultural and Processed Foods Products Export Development
Authority ( APEDA ).
Note 7. On the cartons for export of meat , the following details shall
compulsorily be mentioned:-
- Name of the Product.
- Country of Origin
- APEDA Plant Registration No.
- Name of the exporter.
(added by notification no 58, dated 31.03.06)
| S.No. |
Tariff Item HS Code |
Unit |
Item Description |
Export Policy |
Nature of Restriction |
| 18 |
0201 10 00 0201 20 00 0201 30 00 0202 10 00 0202 20 00 0202 30
00 |
kg |
Beef of cows, oxen and calf |
Prohibited |
Not permitted to be exported |
| 19(a) |
0201
0201 10 00
0201 20 00
0202
0202 10 00
0202 20 00
|
kg |
Meat of buffalo (both male and female) fresh
and chilled.
Carcasses and half carcasses
Other cuts with bone in.
Meat of buffalo (both male and female) frozen
Carcasses and half carcasses
Other cuts with bone in
|
Prohibited
Prohibited
Prohibited
Prohibited
|
Not permitted to be exported.
Not permitted to be exported
Not permitted to be exported.
Not permitted to be exported.
|
| 19(b) |
0201 30 00
0202 30 00
|
kg |
Boneless meat of buffalo
(both male and female)
fresh and chilled
Boneless meat of buffalo (both male and female) frozen
(Notification No. 30 dated 21.8.2006)
|
free |
1. Export allowed on production of a certificate from the designated
veterinary authority of the State, from which the meat or offals
emanate, to the effect that the meat or offals are from buffaloes
not used for breeding and milch purposes.
2. Quality control and inspection under Note 3 and 4 respectively as
well as condition stipulated at Note 6 above are required to be
fulfilled.
|
| 20(a) |
0204
0204 10 00
0204 21 00
0204 22 00
0204 30 00
0204 41 00
0204 42 00
|
Kg |
Meat of sheep or goats, fresh, chilled or
frozen
Carcasses and half – carcasses of lamb, fresh or chilled.
Other meat of sheep, fresh or chilled:
Carcasses and half – carcasses.
Other cuts with bone in.
Carcasses and half - carcasses of lamb, frozen.
Other meat of sheep frozen:
Carcasses and half -carcasses.
Other cuts with bone in.
|
Prohibited
Prohibited
Prohibited
Prohibited
Prohibited
Prohibited
|
Not permitted to be exported.
Not permitted to be exported.
Not permitted to be exported.
Not permitted to be exported.
Not permitted to be exported.
Not permitted to be exported.
|
| 20(b) |
0204 23 00
0204 43 00
|
kg |
Boneless meat of sheep fresh, chilled or
frozen
(Notification No. 30 dated 21.8.2006)
|
Free |
Quality control and inspection under Note 3
and 4 respectively as well as condition stipulated at Note 6 above
are required to be fulfilled |
| 21(a) |
0204 50 00 |
kg |
Boneless meat of Indian goat, fresh, chilled
or frozen |
Free |
Quality control and inspection under Note 3 &
4 respectively as well as condition stipulated at note 6 above are
required to be fulfilled. |
| 21(b) |
0204 50 00 |
kg |
Bone in meat of Indian goat, fresh ,chilled
or frozen
(Notification No. 30 dated 21.8.2006)
|
Prohibited |
Not permitted to be exported.
|
| 22 |
0206 10 00 0206 21 00 0206 22 00 0206 29 00 0210 20 00 |
kg |
Beef in the form of offal of cows, oxen and calf
|
Prohibited |
Not permitted to be exported |
| 23 |
0206 10 00 0206 21 00 0206 22 00 0206 29 00 0210 20 00 |
kg |
Offal of buffalo except gonads and reproductive organs
|
Free |
1. Export of allowed on production of a certificate from the
designated veterinary authority of the State, from which the meat or
offals emanate, to the effect that the meat or offals are from
buffaloes not used for breeding and milch purposes.
2. Quality control and inspection under Note 3 and 4 respectively as
well as condition stipulated at Note 6 above are required to be
fulfilled.
|
| 24 |
0206 80 10 0206 90 10 |
kg |
Offal of Indian sheep |
Free |
Quality control and inspection under Note 3 and 4 respectively
as well as condition stipulated at Note 6 above are required to be
fulfilled. |
| 25 |
0206 80 10 0206 90 10 |
kg |
Offal of Indian Goat |
Free |
Quality control and inspection under Note 3 and 4 respectively
as well as condition stipulated at Note 6 above are required to be
fulfilled. |