Product Designation for Commercial Import of Premium Frozen Duck Meat into India

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....and Dairying on the above-mentioned subject (copy enclosed). 3. Vide the above communication, the Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying has designated the Regional Officer/Quarantine Officer, Animal Quarantine & Certification Services located at Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, Hyderabad and Bengaluru to certify that  the Imported goods are meat and edible offal, of ducks, frozen (other than backs of ducks, frozen) meeting the parameter as Annex to OM dt. 22.02 2024. 4. It is requested that necessary action may be taken to sensitize officers under your jurisdiction. 5. The difficulties, if any, In the implementation may be brought to the notice of the Board. Encl : As stated (Radhe Krishna) Under Secretary to the Government of India Email: [email protected] Tele: 011- 23094012 MINISTRY OF FINANCE (Department of Revenue) NOTIFICATION NO. 13/2024-Customs New Delhi, the 6th March, 2024 G.S.R. 158(E).- In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 25 of the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962) and sub-section (12) of section 3 of the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975), the Central Government, on being sa....

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....bruary, 2024, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-Section (i), vide number G.S.R. 115(E), dated the 19th February, 2024.   MINISTRY OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY (Department of Commerce) (DIRECTORATE GENERAL OF FOREIGN TRADE) NOTIFICATION No. 66/2023 New Delhi, the 6th March, 2024 Subject: Amendment in import policy condition for Duck Meat Chapter 2 of ITC (HS) 2022, Schedule-I (Import Policy) S.O. 1118(E).- In exercise of powers conferred by Section 3 read with Section 5 of FT (D&R) Act, 1992, and read with paragraph 1.02 and 2.01 of the Foreign Trade Policy, 2023, as amended from time to time, the Central Government hereby revises the import policy condition of the following items under ITC(HS) Code 02074200 and 02074500 of Chapter 2 of ITC (HS) 2022, Schedule-I(Import Policy), as under: Exim Code Item Description Import Policy Existing Policy Condition Revised Policy condition 02074200 -Of ducks : -- Not cut in pieces, frozen Free - Import of Premium Duck Meat as per DAHD OM No. L-110109(3)/1/2016-Trade (E-2625) dated 22.02.2....

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....engaluru to certify that the imported goods are meat and edible offal, of ducks, frozen (other than backs of ducks, frozen) meeting the parameters as Annex. Encl: As above. heher her 22-02-2024 (डॉ गगन गर्ग) (Dr. Gagan Garg) उप-आयुक्त (व्यापार) Deputy Commissioner (Trade) Distribution: All Regional Officers / Quarantine Officers, Animal Quarantine Certification Services, Delhi / Mumbai / Kolkata / Chennai / Hyderabad and Bengaluru. Copy for kind information and necessary action to; 1) Secretary, Department of Commerce, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Vanijya Bhawan, New Delhi. 2) Secretary, Department of Revenue, Ministry of Finance, North Block, New Delhi. 3) Director General, Directorate General of Foreign Trade, Vanijya Bhawan, New Delhi. 4) Shri Peeyush Kumar, Additional Secretary (TNM), Department of Commerce, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Vanijya Bhawan, New Delhi. 5) Dr. M. Balaji, Joint Secretary (TNM), Department of Commerce, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Vanijya Bhawan, New Delhi. 6) NIC, DAHD with a request t....

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....eneral requirements (a) The product designation provided herein are applicable to individual carcasses and cut-up parts of frozen raw duck as described in Section 4.2. (b) Carcasses and cut-up parts found to be unsound, unwholesome, or otherwise unfit for human food in whole or in part, shall not be designated as a premium product as specified in the Section 4.2. (c) The duck carcass and their cut-up parts shall come with or without bone. Carcasses or cut-up parts with different bone-in or bone out category should not be packed together. (d) The duck carcass and their cut-up parts shall come with skin or without skin and color of the skin may be yellow and white. Carcass or cut-up parts shall be from the same production lot and shall be immediately frozen and different skin color duck shall not mix in the same lot. (e) In interpreting the respective requirements specified for the premium product designation, the intensity, aggregate area involved, quantity, and locations of: (1) Conformation, (2) Fleshing, (3) Fat covering (amount of subcutaneous fat under the skin), (4) Exposed flesh (resulting from cuts, tears, and missing skin), (5) Disjointed and broken bones....

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....om the hip joint. Otherwise, not more than one disjointed bone is allowed on the carcass. (f) Defeathering- The carcass or cut-up parts shall have a clean appearance and shall appear free of pinfeathers, diminutive feathers, and hair especially on the breast and legs. To meet these conditions, carcasses may have no more than 8 protruding feathers, and parts may have no more than 4 feathers. Each feather shall be less than 13 mm. Any feather over 13 mm would not allow for the duck to meet the import requirements. Additionally, any hair or down on the carcass or part shall be less than 5 mm and must be scattered to have the clean appearance. (g) Discoloration- Discoloration due to bruising shall be free of clots. Carcasses may have lightly shaded flesh bruises and discolorations of the skin provided the aggregate area does not exceed 26 mm on the breast or legs of the carcass or elsewhere on the carcass at 58 mm. Moderately shaded discolorations on the carcass are limited to the hock of the leg at 13 mm or elsewhere (besides breast and leg) on the carcass at 26 mm. Lightly shaded discolorations are permitted on cut-up parts at 19 mm and moderate at 10 mm. Evidence of i....