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14 November  2022 
(22-8472) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6  
 
1. Notifying Member:  INDIA  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:   
Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI)  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers , email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from abov e:  
See below - Q11 
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [  ], 5.6.2 [X], 5.7.1 [  ], 3.2 [  ], 7.2 [  ], 
other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Food 
products: - 
(i) Milk and Milk Products;  
ii) Meat and Meat Products including Poultry, Fish and their products;  
iii) Egg Powder  
iv) Infant Food;  
v) Nutraceuticals.  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Require ment of 
Registration of foreign food manufacturing facilities as per regulation 18 of Food Safety 
and Standards (Import) Regulations, 2017; (2 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  Registration of foreign food manufacturing facilities intending 
to export to India the food commodities as provided in para 4 above, shall be made 
mandatory as per regulation 18 of Food Safety and Standards (Import) Regulations, 2017. 
Competent Authorities of the exporting countries have to provide the list o f such 
establishment  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Food Safety and Standards Authority of India issues an order for requirement 
of Registration of foreign food manufacturing facilities as per the lis t provided by 
Competent Authority of the exporting country for the products mentioned in order, to 
ensure the safety and quality of imported food products into India  G/TBT/N/IND/237  
 
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  8. Relevant documents:   
Draft available in Hindi and English.  
https://www.fssai.gov.in/upload/advisories/2022/10/6343da0a0f78fOrder_Foreign_Foo
d_10_10_2022.pdf  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  1 February 2023  
Proposed date of entry into force:  1 February 2023  
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from notification  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
Website of the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India, http://www.fssai.gov.in  
Mr. P. Karthikeyan  
Joint Director  
SPS Enquiry Point,  
Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI)  
FDA Bhawan, K otla Road  
New Delhi -110002, India  
Tel: +(011) 23237419  
Fax: +(011) 23220994  
Email: spstbt.enqpt@fssai.gov.in  
Website: http://www.fssai.gov.in/  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/TBT/IND/22_7742_00_e.pdf  
 