Notification No.57/2015-2020 dated 10.02.2021 issued by DGFT regarding Notification for Food Import Entry Points.
Central Government inserts a new sub para (D) under para 4 ( Food Safety & Standards Act, 2006 ) of the General Notes Regarding Import Policy in ITC (HS) 2017, to provide for the list of 150 Port of Entries (PoEs) as food import entry points as under:
Food Import Entry Points: To ensure the mandate of safe food imports in India, FSSAI has notified Authorised Officers to handle food import clearance at 150 food import entry points [covering 27 sea ports, 15 airports, 31 land customs stations (LCSs) and 77 inland container depots (ICDs)j vide FSSAl’s Notification dated 9th October, 2019 (F.No.1- 1715/FSSAI/Imports/2017) as per List A in Appendix-V to Schedule-I ( Import Policy). The food import entry points restrictions shall be applicable for items against 1515 HS Codes as detailed in List B of Appendix: V to the Schedule-I of ITC(HS) 2017.
