MANU/CUST/0017/2023

Ministry : Ministry of Finance

Department/Board : Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs

Instruction No. : 05/2023-Customs

Date : 08.02.2023

Notification/ Circulars Referred : Instruction No. 31/2022 dated 14.11.2022 MANU/CUST/0092/2022

Subject: Goods and Services Tax

Subject: Excise

Citing Reference:
Instruction No. 31/2022 dated 14.11.2022 MANU/CUST/0092/2022  Referred

To

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

Import of High risk food products at specific ports reg.

Madam/Sir

1. Reference is drawn to Board's Instruction No. 31/2022 dated 14.11.2022 relating to the restriction on the entry of Food Items only through specific ports, based on a reference from FSSAI order dated 17.10.2022 w.e.f. 01.02.2023.

2. Further, FSSAI vide order dated 11.01.2023 and subsequent clarification (copy enclosed), has modified above said order to permit the import of below specified high-risk products only through designated 79 ports as per attached annexure (copy attached) and to implement the same from 1st March, 2023. 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) Nutraceuticals. Health supplements, Food for Dietary uses. Probiotic and prebiotic foods. Foods for Special Medical Purpose.

3. The Board Instruction No. 31/2022 dated 14.11.2022 is modified to the above extent. It is 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. Advance arrangements should be made for seamless implementation of the modified orders of FSSAI.

4. The difficulties, if any, in the implementation of this Instruction may be brought to the notice of the Board.

5. Hindi version follows.

[F. No. 401/66/2022-Cus-III]
Your faithfully,
(Manish Kumar Choudhary)
OSD (Cus.III)

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F. No. : TIC-B05/5/2022-IMPORTS-FSSAI

Food Safety and Standards Authority of India

(A Statutory Authority established under Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006)

(Trade and International Cooperation Division-TICD)

FDA Bhawan, Kotla Road, New Delhi- 110002

NOTICE

Dated 11th January 2023

 Import of High risk food products at specific ports-reg.

Reference is drawn to the FSSAI order dated 17th October, 2022 regarding invitation of comments/suggestions from stakeholders on entry of food items under specific ports. Considering the comments from stakeholders in order to envisage a robust import control system in India and ensuring efficient monitoring and traceability of High risk products, it has been decided and approved by the Food Authority that import of these products as specified below shall be permitted through designated ports as per the enclosed list and not through any other port/channel:

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,

This shall be effective from 01st March, 2023.

This issues with the approval of Competent Authority.

Dr. (Amit Sharma)
Director (TICD)

List of Ports

The point of entries notified by DAHD for import of food products of animal origin including marine/aquatic animals and/or their products, egg powder shall be adhered.

S. 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.			NDR SEZ Chennai	INNPK6
9.			SEZ Pearl City Food Port SEZ (CCCL Infrastructure Limited)	INTNC6
10.		Tuticorin	Custom House Tuticorin	INTUT1
11.			ICD Tuticorin	INTUT6
12.		Cochin	SEZ Cochin Special Economic Zone	INCOK6
13.			Custom House Cochin	INCOK1
14.			ACC Cochin	INCOK4
15.		Krishnapatnam, AP	KRISHNAPATNAM SEAPORT	INKRI1
16.		Bangalore	Airport Bangalore,	INBLR4
17.			ICD Bangalore	INWFD6
18.		Hyderabad	Hyderabad Airport,	INHYD4
19.			ICD Hyderabad	INSNF6
20.			Visakhapatnam International Airport	INVTZ4
20.
21.		Vishakhapatnam	Visakhapatnam Sea,	INVTZ1
22.			Gangavaram Port-Vp	INGGV1
23.			SEZ Visakhapatnam	INVTZ6
24.			SEZ Ramky Pharma City India Ltd.	INAKR6
25.		Mangalore	ACC MANGALORE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT	INIXE4
26.			NEW MANGALORE SEA	INNML1
27.	FSSAI, Western Region	Kandla, Gujarat	Kandla Seaport	INIXY1
28.			Kandla SEZ	INKDL6
29.		Mundra, Gujarat	MUNDRA SEAPORT	INMUNI
30.			OLD MUNDRA SEAPORT	INOMU1
31.		Mumbai	SEZ MUNDRA	INAJM6
32.			SEZ ARSHIYA LTD.-MUMBAI	INPNV6
33.			ICD Mulund	INMUL6
34.			JNCH Nhava Sheva	INNSA1
35.			JNPT-SEZ	INPJN6
36.			ACC Sahar	INBOM4
37.			NCH Mumbai	INBOM1
38.		Ahmedabad	AHMEDABAD AIR CARGO COMPLEX	INAMD4
39.			ICD SABARMATI	INSBI6
40.			ICD THAR DRY PORT	INSAU6
41.		Goa	Mormugao ( Goa) Sea port	INGOI4
42.	FSSAI, Eastern Region	Kolkata	SEZ FALTA EPZ-KOLKATA	INFLT6
43.			Custom House Kolkata	INCCU1
44.			ACC Kolkata	INCCU4
45.			Jaigaon	INJIGB
46.			Haldia Port	INHAL1
47.		Bihar	Fulbar	INFBRB
48.			Raxual	INRXLB
49.			Jogban	INJBNB
50.			Sonauli	INSNLB
51.		Tripura, Manipur	Petrapole	INPTPB
52.			Agartala	INAGTB
53.			Moreh	INMREB
54.			Khowaighat	INKWGB
55.			Manu	INMNUB
56.	FSSAI, Northern Region	Haryana	ICD GARHIHARSARU	INGHR6
57.			ICD SONIPAT	INBDM6
58.			ICD PATLI	INPTL6
59.			ICD SAMALKHA, PANIPAT	INDWN6
60.			ICD PALWAL	INPWL6
61.			ICD REWARI	INREA6
62.		Uttar Pradesh	CFS STARTRACK DADRI	INSTT6
63.			ICD PAKWARA MORADABAD/ MEERUT	INMBD6
64.			CGML DADRI	INCPL6
65.			ICD CFS ALBATROSS DADRI	INAPL6
66.			ANFTWZ LTD -BULAND SHAHAR	INBUL6
67.			Nepal Ganj Road	INNGRB
68.			NOIDA (EPZ/SEZ)	INNDA6
69.			ICD Kanpur	INKNU6
70.		Delhi (NR)	ACC Delhi	INDEL4
71.			ICD Dadri	INDER6
72.			ICD Faridabad	INFBD6
73.			ICD Loni	INLON6
74.			ICD Patparganj	INPPG6
75.			ICD Tuglakabad	INTKD6
76.		Punjab	ICD Jalandar	INLDH6
77.			ICD Ludhiana	INLDH6
78.			ICD Amritsar	INATQ4
79.		Rajasthan	ICD Jaipur	INKKU6
Note. 'The above list is dynamic and will be updated time to time.