India sets new import requirements for 24 plant products

Published 2021년 2월 25일

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Starting March 1, India has mandated that 24 vegetable products exported from Brazil must carry 'non-GMO' certification. The requirement applies to all degrees of processing and use. The export documentation must include an official certificate issued by Brazil's Ministry of Agriculture. The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India has advised exporters to apply for this certificate at the International Agricultural Surveillance unit (Vigiagro). The rule applies to products not authorized for GMO cultivation in Brazil, with exceptions for certain crops like beans, corn, soybeans, and sugar cane.

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India has established, as of March 1, new requirements for Brazil to export 24 vegetable products to the Asian country, the Ministry of Agriculture said in a statement on Wednesday. All of these plant products, regardless of the degree of processing and the proposed use, must receive “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). (function ($) {$ (document) .ready (function () {function bsaProResize () {var sid = "15"; var object = $ (". bsaProContainer-" + sid); var imageThumb = $ (". ...

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