Duty-free shops beyond food safety range: FSSAI
The Dollar Business Bureau The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has stopped regulating imported food and beverages sold at duty-free shops. The decision comes as a surprise to everyone, especially after its internal department had earlier issued a warning of a probable threat of bio-terrorism as well as general safety of consumers. In January this year, the FSSAI had issued stricter guidelines on food imports to curb sub-standard foods entering into the Indian market. It had said no person shall import any food product without an import license, and no food should be cleared from the custom unless it has 60% shelf life at the point of custom clearance. The decision comes at a point when FSSAI contends against a ...
Duty free access for India from Egypt: Egyptian envoy
India is getting “duty free access” from Egypt to markets in the European Union, North America, Africa and the Arab markets. The Dollar business Bureau Egypt gives “duty free access” to India to market in the EU, North America, Africa and Arab markets Earlier in January Hatem Tageldin Egyptian ambassador to India, spoke at a business meet where he outlined that the bilateral trade between the two countries stood approximately at Rs.34,000 crore every year. In an exclusive interview to The Dollar Business, the Egyptian Ambassador then said, “We strongly believe there is a huge potential for increasing bilateral trade volume and increasingly there is a lot of acceptance of Indian commodities in Egypt. We believe the recent endeavours ...
