Streamlining of Halal Certification Process for Meat and Meat Products

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(To be Published in the Gazette of India Extraordinary Part-II, Section - 3, Sub-Section (ii))

Government ofIndia
Ministry ofCommerce & Industry
Department ofCommerce
Directorate General ofForeign Trade
Vanijya Bhawan,New Delhi
Notification No.<br>03 /2023
NewDelhi,Dated:6TApril,2023

Subject: Streamlining of Halal Certification Process for Meat and Meat Products

S.O. (E) In exercise of powers conferred by Section 3 read with section 5 of the Foreign Trade (Development & Regulation) Act, 1992 (No. 22 of 1992), as amended, read with Para 1.02 and 2.01 of the Foreign Trade Policy, 2015-20, the Central Government hereby amends the policy conditions for Meat and Meat Products:

2. Products covered for the purpose of this Notification are as under:

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• also meet the importing country's requirements/regulations, as applicable, and shall hold valid certificate(s) issued by Halal certification bodies approved under the national halal system of the importing country. In such cases, the Halal certification under i-CAS Halal shall be initially voluntary on the part of the producer/supplier/exporter.

• 3. All existing Halal Certification Bodies shall have six months’ time

• 1602 OTHER PREPARED OR| from the date of issue of this PRESERVED MEAT, OFFAL notification to seek accreditation from NABCB for i-CAS Halal.

• 4. All existing Export Units, including those already registered with APEDA as members, shall have six months’ time from the date of issue of this notification, for registering themselves at dedicated and integrated online portal for meat exports developed by APEDA.
• 5. The export will, however, be subject to the Foreign Trade Policy, as issued/amended by DGFT from time to time.

3. Effect of this Notification: Policy conditions for Halal Certification Process for Meat and Meat Products is notified.

(Santosh Kumar Sarangi) Director General of Foreign Trade Ex-Officio Additional Secretary, Government of India E-mail: dgft@nic.in

(Issued from File No. 01/91/171/166/AM21/EC)