India sets requirements for Brazil in the export of 24 plant products

São Paulo, 02/24/2021 - As of March 1, India established new requirements for Brazil to export 24 vegetable products to the Asian country, the Ministry of Agriculture said in a note. All these plant products, regardless of the degree of processing and the proposed use, must receive the "non-GMO" certification, that is, they do not have genetically modified (transgenic) organisms in their composition. "The export of these products must be accompanied by an official certificate, according to a model established by the Indian authority, which must be issued by the Ministry of Agriculture at the point of exit of the goods", explains the director of the Department of Plant Health and Agricultural Inputs of the ministry , Carlos Goulart. The Indian authority, in this case, is the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI). The ministry advises exporters to request the issuance of the certificate at the International Agricultural Surveillance unit (Vigiagro) for the goods to be ...