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Customs - Board's Instructions28.02.2023

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Instruction No. 08/2023-Customs F.No. 401/66/2022-Cus-III Government of India Ministry of Finance Department of Revenue (Central Board of Indirect Taxes & Customs) North Block, New Delhi Dated March 3rd, 2023 To All Principal Chief Commissioner/ Chief Commissioner, Principal Director General /Director General, Pr. Commissioners/Commissioners, Pr. Addl. DG/ Addl. Director Generals, under CBIC Madam/Sir, Subject: - Extension of requirement of Health Certificate accompanied with the import of food consignments-reg. Reference is drawn to Board’s Instruction No 18/2022-Customs dt. 12.08.2022 read with Nos. 26/2022-Customs dt. 06.10.2022, 32/2022-Customs dated 28.11.2022 and 04/2023-Customs dated 27.01.2023 relating to the requirement of Health Certificate to be accompanied with the import of certain food consignments. 2. In this regard, FSSAI Order dated 24.02.2023 (copy enclosed) has informed that the considering the representations from various countries and other stakeholders, the implementation vide F.No.1829/Health Certificate/FSSAI/Imports-2021 dated 03.08.2022 is deferred till further orders. the FSSAI's issued order of 3. It is requested that the necessary action may be taken to sensitize officers under your jurisdiction. 4. The difficulties, if any, in the implementation of this Instruction may please be brought to the notice of the Board. 5. Hindi version follows. Encl: as above Yours faithfully, (Manish Kumar Choudhary) OSD(Cus.III) Email: manish.irs@gov.in Tele: 011 23094012 3057242/2023/Cus-IV Section File No. 401/66/2022-Cus-III (Computer No. 300549067) Generated from eOffice by Rajesh Kumar-I, CBIC-ASO(RK)-CUSTOM-III SECTION, ASSISTANT SECTION OFFICER(CUS-III), CBEC on 03/03/2023 02:25 PM 89

Source: Government of India — Customs - Board's Instructions, dated 28.02.2023. Text is machine-extracted for reference; the officially published version prevails. Not legal advice.

HS Codes Referenced

182920212022202323094012

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