Government of India
Ministry of Commerce & Industry
Department of Commerce
Udyog Bhawan
Notification No 48 (RE – 2010)/2009-2014
New Delhi, Dated : 18th May, 2011
Subject: Addition of Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) as preshipment
inspection agency for export of meat.
S.O.(E) In exercise of the powers conferred by Section 5 of the Foreign Trade
(Development & Regulation) Act, 1992 (No.22 of 1992) read with Para 2.1 of the
Foreign Trade Policy, 2009-2014 (as amended from time to time), the Central
Go0vernment hereby amends, with immediate effect, Note 4 in Chapter 2 below the
subject heading “Meat and Edible Meat offal” of Schedule 2 of ITC(HS)
Classification of Export and Import Items, as amended from time to time.
- In Chapter 2 of Schedule 2 of ITC(HS) Classification of Export and Import
Items, Note 4 below the subject heading “Meat and Edible Meat offal” is amended
to include the name of Municipal Corporation of Delhi(MCD) as the pre-shipment
inspection agency for export of meat. The amended Note 4 will read as under:
“Note 4 : Export of canned meat products shall be subject to preshipment
inspection either by the State Directorate of Animal Husbandry or Export
Inspection Agency or Directorate of Marketing and Inspection Government of India
or Municipal Corporation of Delhi(MCD) in accordance with either the standards
prevalent in the exporting country or standards prescribed under the Meat Food
Products Order, 1973 under Export (Quality Control and Inspection) Act, 1963 or
orders made there under”.
- Effect of this notification:
Municipal Corporation of Delhi(MCD) is being added to the list of agencies/
Directorates, who have been notified to carry out Pre-shipment inspection of
Meat ( of buffalo, goat or sheep) for export.
(Anup K. Pujari)
Director General of Foreign Trade
E-mail: [email protected]
(Issued from F.No.01/91/171/12/AM05/PC-III/ Export Cell)