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Prevention of Food Adulteration Act, 1954 and Food Safety and Standards Authority Act, 2006:
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....ncluding the PFA Act relating to import of edible items. The FSSAI has been established to lay down standards and regulate/monitor the manufacturing, import, processing, distribution and sale of food. The FSSAI has taken over PHO functions at select ports with the stipulation that the existing rule and procedures will continue to be followed without any change till FSSAI regulations are notified. Thus, FSSAI has replaced PHO with its authorized officers at select ports in terms of Section 47 (5) of the FSSA Act, 2006. 4.2 Operationalisation of SWIFT 1. Board Circular Nos. 03/2016-Customs dated 03.02.2016 and 10/2016-Customs dated 15.03.2016 were issued for operationalization of the Interface for Facilitation of Trade (SWIFT) from 01st Ap....
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....ms officials to handle food import clearance. This order is also available at http://www.fssai.gov.in/home/imports/ orderguidelines.html. 5. In respect of the above notified locations, Commissioners of Customs are requested to suitably guide the officers responsible for clearance of food consignments. There should not be any Customs location which is not covered either by FSSAI officials or by the 'Authorized Officers' of Customs. Therefore, Commissioners of Customs are also required to identify Customs locations, in their jurisdiction which are not notified under the said order and bring the same to the notice of the CBIC/ Single window. 6. FSSAI has also issued a list of accredited laboratories for the testing of all food-related cons....
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.... not covered under (a) and (b) above, the following procedure would be adopted in addition to the general checks prescribed under Para 2.1 of the Circular No. 58/2001-Cus dated 25-10-2001 (amended by Circular No. 03/2011-Cus): (a) Samples would be drawn from the first five consecutive consignments of each food item, imported by a particular importer and referred to Authorised Representative of FSSAI or PHOs, as the case may be, for testing to ascertain the quality and health safety standards of the consignments. (b) In the event of the samples conforming to the prescribed standards, the Customs would switch to a system of checking 5% - 20% of the consignments of these food items on a random basis, for checking conformity to the prescrib....
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....hat the label is written not only in any foreign language, but also in English. The details of ingredients in descending order, date of manufacture, batch no., best before date etc. are mandatory requirements. All products will also have to indicate details of best before on all food packages. 4.5 Authorised Officers of FSSAI will ascertain that for the imported pre-packaged good items, the language and other major requirements of the label like mention of best before date, nutrition information etc. should comply the labeling provisions under PFA Rules, failing which sample may not be drawn from such consignment for testing. 4.6 Introduction of SWIFT has automatically integrated the RMS CCR instructions in the systems and the system auto....