The Food Safety Authority in Egypt activates the condition that companies importing goods obtain a license from the environment

Published 2021년 1월 7일

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The Food Safety Authority of Egypt has announced a new regulation requiring food imports to be licensed by the Ministry of Environment, effective from the publication of Food Safety Authority Resolution No. 6 of 2020. This resolution prohibits food import activities without a license and introduces a facility registration process for food establishments that import food. The registration is equivalent to a food importer license, as per the resolution. The authority has called on the Food Industry Export Council to notify all food establishments engaged in import activities about the new regulations. The resolution covers a range of food and beverage items imported for retail sale, including dairy products, fruits, oils, chocolates, bakery products, and fruit juices.

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The Food Safety Authority, which supervises the import and export of food commodities at customs ports and the local market, stipulated that the activity of importing food from abroad be prohibited, except after obtaining a license from the Ministry of Environment. In his speech to Eng. Hani Barzi, Chairman of the Export Council for Food Industries, Hassan Mansour, Chairman of the Food Safety Authority, said that the application of this procedure was stipulated in the Authority’s Board of Directors Decision No. 6 of 2020 regarding the rules governing the licensing of food import, which was published in the Egyptian newspaper last July. The decision stipulated that this condition should be activated 6 months after the decision was issued. Food Safety Authority Resolution No. 6 of 2020 stipulated that it is prohibited to carry out food import activity except after obtaining a license from the authority in accordance with the rules and procedures stipulated in the resolution, and the ...

Source: Almalnews