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ALL INDIA FOOD PROCESSORS’ ASSOCIATION 
To,
The Members, AIFPA
Subject: Quality Control and Inspection of Fruits and
Vegetable Products prior to export from India under Export
of Fruit Products (Quality Control and Inspection) Rules,
1978.
Dear Sir(s),
As you are aware that Govt. of India, Ministry of Commerce
& Industry, vide Order & Notification No. S.O.
1420 dated 20/05/1978 notified that fruit products shall
be subject to quality control and inspection prior to
export in accordance with the Export of Fruits Products
(Quality Control and Inspection) Rules, 1978 published
in the Gazette of India, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section
(ii) vide Notification No. S.O. 1421 dated 20/05/1978.
Office of the Director of Fruit and Vegetable Preservation
vides Notification No. S.O. 1422 dated 20/05/1978 was
notified as the Agency for Quality Control and Inspection
of Fruit Products prior to export.
Now in the changed scenario with the establishment of
Food Safety and Standards Authority of India in terms
of Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006, Govt. of India
vide Notification No. S.O.1626(E) dated 14/07/2011 has
rescinds the Notification No. S.O. 1422 dated 20/05/1978
and Export Inspection Agency(s) of Export Inspection Council
of India (EIC) has been notified as Agency to exercise
Quality Control and Inspection to fruit products prior
to export in terms of Export of Fruit Product (Quality
control and Inspection) Amendments Rules, 2011 vide Notification
No. S.O. 1627(E) dated 14/07/2011 (copy attached).
The change in agency for export of fruit products is
widely disseminated for your kind information and other
fruit products industries for their benefits. The units/establishments
interested in export of fruits products may contact the
concerned Export Inspection Agency for further details.
The procedure and guidelines of the EIC’s Scheme
for Certification of Fruit Products prior to export will
be out shortly.
With best regards,
(D.V. Malhan)
Executive Secretary
All India Food Processors' Association
206, Aurobindo Place Market,
Hauz Khas, New Delhi-110016
Tel:- 011-26510860
Fax:- 011-26510860
Email Id: aifpa@vsnl.net
Website:-www.aifpa.net
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