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Veterinary Health Certificate for Import of Milk and Milk Products into India

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..... nd requirement of FSSAI's food safety to be certified by the exporting country along with the consignments to be exported into India. The exporting country may issue single Veterinary Health Certificate, certified by Official Veterinarian or certificate with annexure as per its regulation. Vide OM dated 17.07.2023, DAHD, has increased the transition/migration time till 31st December, 2023. 3. It is requested that necessary action may be taken to sensitize officers under your jurisdiction regarding the said matter. 4. The CBIC Instructions No. 06/2020-Customs dated 20.05.2020 and Instruction No. 18/2022-Customs dated 12.08.2022 with respect to requirement of Veterinary Health Certificate for import of Milk and Milk Products is modified to the above extent. 5. The difficulties, if any, in the implementation of this instruction may be brought to the notice of the Board. Hindi version follows. Yours faithfully, Radhe Krishna Under Secretary, Cus-Ill Customs Policy Wing Email: uscus.3-dor@gov.in Encls : As above File No. L-11/1/2019-Trade (E-11542) Government of India Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairyin .....

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..... any country issues single certificate from a single agency, having Sanitary clauses as well as Food Safety clauses, it should only be certified by Official Veterinarian of exporting country. In any case, the Sanitary clauses and Food Safety clauses should be as per Indian protocol. 5. This has the approval of the Hon'ble Minister for Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying. (Dr. Gagan Garg) Deputy Commissioner (Trade) Encl: As above. File No. L-11/1/2019-Trade (E-11542) Government of India Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying Krishi Bhawan, New Delhi-110 001 Dated the 31 st March, 2023. OFFICE MEMORANDUM Subject: Veterinary Health Certificate for Import of Milk and Milk Products into India - regarding. The Veterinary Health Certificate for import of Milk and Milk Product into India was made in force vide this Department's O.M. No. L-110109(4)/15/2019-Trade (E-14537), dated 24th December, 2019. Further, vide this Department's O.M. No. L-110102(1)/1/2018-Trade (E-7526), dated 10th August, 2020, it was clarified that the said requirement is appl .....

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..... rinary Health Certificate for export of milk and milk products into India will be taken by this Department as per mandate given by Government of India, as well as considering holistic approach. 7. This has the approval of the Hon'ble Minister for Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying. (Dr. Gagan Garg) Deputy Commissioner (Trade) Encl: As above. VETERINARY HEALTH CERTIFICATE FOR IMPORT 1 OF MILK AND MILK PRODUCTS INTO INDIA l. GENERAL INFORMATION 1 . Veterinary Health certificate No: Date: 2. Competent Authority 2.1 Ministry: 2.2 Department: 2.3 Contact Details and Email: 3. Invoice No. and Date: 4. Quantity 5. Consignor / exporter Name: Address: Tel. no. and Email: 6. Consignee /importer: Name: Address: Tel. no. and Email: 7. Country of origin: ISO Code: 8. Place of loading 9. Count of Destination: ISO Code: 1 .....

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..... o a temperature, which ensures destruction of organisms causing Tuberculosis, Listeriosis, Para tuberculosis, Q fever and Brucellosis. c) The animals from which the milk has been derived were not exposed to Bovine Growth Hormones (BGH) / Bovine Somatotropin Hormones (BST). d) The Source animals were not subjected to estrogenic treatment in last 90 days. e) Milk / milk products do not contain preformed Bacterial toxins such as those produced by Bacteria belonging to Staph. aureus, Bacillus cereus, Clost. perfringes and Clost. botulinum. 3. Food Safety Conditions 4 .. The attestation from authorized official is annexed. Official stamp: Signature Official Veterinarian Name: Designation: Address and Email: Date: --------- 3 As recommended under the Article 8.8.25 of Terrestrial Animal Health Code by WOAH, wherever applicable. 4 As notified by the Food Safety and Standards Authority of I .....

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