India: India's FSSAI Catches Itself and Expands List of HS Food Product Codes Requiring Health Certificates to Include Chapter 35 - Whey Protein

  |   Attaché Report (GAIN)   |   IN2023-0004

The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare/Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) (food safety authority) has just inserted additional harmonized tariff system (HS) food product codes to the FSSAI Order No. 1829/Health Certificate/FSSAI/Imports-2021 of December 28, 2022. The list of HS food product codes added by the FSSAI includes those of Chapter 35 - HS 3502.20.00 - Whey protein. FSSAI officials have indicated to FAS New Delhi (Post) that India’s food safety authority will add additional commodity HS codes from time-to-time at its discretion.

Related Reports

Following a review of aluminum in foods, Health Canada announced, on March 9, 2023, its intention to revise certain permitted uses of aluminum-containing food additives.
On March 7, 2023, the People's Republic of China (PRC) notified revised Maximum Levels (MLs) of Nitrite to the World Trade Organization (WTO) under G/SPS/N/CHN/1276.
Attaché Report (GAIN)

Canada: CARM Customs Program to Expand in Fall 2023

Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) will implement the second release of its Assessment and Revenue Management (CARM) project in October 2023.