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Government of India
Ministry of Finance
Department of Revenue
(Central Board of Indirect Taxes & Customs)
Instruction No. 03/2021-Customs
North Block, New Delhi.
10th March, 2021
To
All Principal Chief Commissioner/Chief
Commissioner of Customs/Custom (Preventive),
All Principal Chief
Commissioner/Chief Commissioner of Central Tax and Customs,
All Principal
Commissioner/Commissioner of Customs /Custom (Preventive),
All Principal
Commissioner/Commissioner of Central Tax and Customs.
Subject: – Testing
of imported food products at FSSAI notified laboratories-regarding
Sir/Madam,
Attention is invited to Instruction No. 01/2020 dated
12.02.2020 on the above-mentioned subject. Vide this Instruction, it was stated
that vide notification dated 09.10.2019, FSSAI had notified Authorised officers
at 150 food import Points of Entries (PoEs) under Section 25 read with Section
47 (5) of FSS Act and Regulation 13(1) of FSS (Import) Regulations, 2017.
2. In this regard, it is to state that vide Order dated 26.02.2021 (copy
enclosed), FSSAI has partially modified the above-mentioned Notification and has
further notified FSSAI officials as Authorised Officers with effect from
10.03.2021 for the jurisdiction of food import entry points mentioned in
Annexure I for import food clearance process.
3. It is requested that
necessary action may be taken in this regard.
Encl: as above
Yours
faithfully
F.No. 401/20/2020-Cus-III
(Kevin Boban)
Under Secretary
(Customs-III)
Food Safety
and Standards Authority of India
(A Statutory Authority established under the
Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006)
FDA Bhawan, Kotla Road, New Delhi —
110002
26th February, 2021
Office Order
In partial modification to
FSSAI Notification No. 1-1715/FSSAI/Imports/2017 dated 09.10.2019 (copy
attached), the Competent Authority hereby notifies FSSAI officials as Authorised
Officers w.e.f. 10th March, 2021 (Wednesday) for the jurisdiction of food import
entry points as mentioned–in the Annexure I, for imported food clearance process
till further orders in terms of the provisions contained in Section 47 (5) of
FSS Act, 2006 and Regulation 13 (1) of FSS (Import) Regulation, 2017.
File No. 1-1685/FSSAI/Imports/2017
(Arun Singhal)
CEO, FSSAI
Email- [email protected] Copy to:-
1. PPS to Chairperson , FSSAI
2. PPS to CEO, FSSAI
3. Executive
Director (HR), FSSAI-HQ
4. Executive Director (T&IC/CS), FSSAI-HQ
5. Regional Directors, FSSAI
6. Commissioner (SW), CBIC- For information
that w.e.f. 10.03.2021 the entry points mentioned in Annexure I shall be handled
by Authorised Officers of FSSAI directly.
7. CITO, FSSAI-HQ (for
uploading on the FSSAI Website)
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