FOREIGN TRADE NOTIFICATION
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Body Notification No. 3/2023, Dated 6th April, 2023

Government of India

Ministry of Commerce and Industry

Department of Commerce

Directorate General of Foreign Trade

Vanijya Bhawan. New Delhi

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

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:

S. No.	HS Code	Commodity	Policy Conditions
1.	0201	MEAT OF BOVINE ANIMALS, FRESH AND CHILLED	1. Meat and meat products shall be allowed to be exported as "Halal certified", only if produced, processed and/or packaged in a facility having a valid certification under the "India Conformity Assessment Scheme (i-CAS) - Halal" of the Quality Council of India (QCI), issued by a Certification Body duly accredited by the National Accreditation Board for Certification Bodies (NABCB) as per the guidelines issued/amended from time to time. i-CAS Halal and the guidelines can be accessed at https://qcin.org/i-cas The procedure for export of non-halal certified meat and meat products will remain unchanged. 2. The export consignment(s) to countries where there is a Regulation on Halal, the producer/supplier/exporter shall 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 from the date of issue of this notification to seek accreditation from NABCB for i-CAS Halal. extends the time period, for both accreditation of Halal Certification Bodies as well as for registration of export units, for a further period of six months i.e., up to 5th April 2024 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.
2.	0202	MEAT OF BOVINE ANIMALS, FROZEN
3	0204	MEAT OF SHEEP OR GOATS, FRESH, CHILLED OR FROZEN
4	0206	EDIBLE OFFAL OF BOVINE ANIMALS, SHEEP, GOAT, FRESH CHILLED OR FROZEN
5	0207	MEAT AND EDIBLE OFFAL OF THE POULTRY OF HEADING NO.01.05, FRESH CHILLED OR FROZEN
6	0210	MEAT/EDIBLE MEAT OFFAL, SALTED, IN BRINE, DRIED SMOKED; EDIBLE FLOURS ANDMEALS OF MEAT/MEAT OFFAL
7	1601	SAUSAGES AND SIMILAR PRODUCTS OF MEAT, MEAT OFFAL, FOOD PREPARATION BASED ON THESE PRODUCTS
8	1602	OTHER PREPARED OR PRESERVED MEAT. OFFAL

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 Addl. Secretary to the Govt, of India

E-mail: dgft@nic.in

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