India: New Deadline for Comment- Draft Order on Meat and Poultry Products

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The deadline for comments is March 19, 2015; please disregard the previous March 20, 2015 deadline. The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) published a draft Order for domestically produced and imported meat and poultry products that notes a procedure will be developed to inspect and monitor slaughtering and processing plants before granting market access to trading partners. It also has introduced modified text for some requirements currently included in veterinary import certificates for imported meat and poultry products. Although not notified to the World Trade Organization (WTO), FSSAI has requested interested parties to submit comments and/or suggestions by March 19, 2015.

India: New Deadline for Comment- Draft Order on Meat and Poultry Products

 

 

 

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