Fixation of Standard Input Output Norms of Food Products

(To be published in the Gazette of India Extraordinary Part-I, Section-I)

GOI; Ministry of Commerce and Industry;  Department of Commerce; Directorate General of Foreign Trade

 Public notice no. 92 (Re-2010)/2009-201; Dated  1^st February, 2012

 Subject:  Fixation of Standard Input Output Norms (SION) of Food Products (Product  Code: ˜E™)   in the Handbook of Procedures V.2 (2009-14)

 In exercise of the powers conferred under Para 2.4 of the Foreign Trade Policy, 2009-14, the  Director General of Foreign Trade hereby makes the addition of two new entries at Serial Numbers E-129 and E-129 A in the Handbook of Procedures V.2 (2009-14) as detailed below:

 

S.No.	Export item	Qty		Import item	Qty
E-129	Instant Fruit Juice Powder/  Crystals (with Sugar)	1 kg.	*1	Relevant Sugar	550 gms
			**2	Relevant Food Additives
				(i)     Acidulant	80 gms
				(ii)    Acidity Regulator	30 gms
				(iii)  Emulsifiers /Stablizing Agent	30 gms
				(iv)  Anticaking Agent	30 gms
				(v)   Preservative	03 gms
				(vi)  Nutrients/Vitamins/  Minerals	0.4 gm
			3	Relevant concentrates/juice/pulp puree	250 gms
			4.	Relevant Natural & Nature identical Flavour / Artificial Flavour  /Oleoresin / Essential Oil / Spices / Flavour Improver / Flavour Fixing Agent	10 gms
			5	Permitted Food Colours	05 gms
			6	Packing Material	As per packing policy
E-129A	Instant Fruit Juice Powder/  Crystals (Sugar free)	1 kg.	*1	(a)  Saccharin Sodium               OR	04 gms
				(b)  Aspertame                OR	10 gms
				(c)  Acesulfame Potassium	11 gms
			2 to 6	Same as at Sr. No. 2 to 6 of above Norm at E-129 (please also see Note 2 below in respect of input item 2)

 

*Note:-1  Import of artificial sweetening agents viz. Lactose/ Mannitol, as substitute inputs is not allowed against Item No. 1, as is also spelt out in Policy Circular No.13 dated 31.01.2011.

 **Note 2.  Cumulative quantity of relevant food additives should be limited to 100 gms/kg in addition to individual quantity limit.                

3. Effect of the Public Notice:

This notifies the SION for export product Instant Fruit Juice Powder /Crystals (both with sugar and sugar free).  These are two new entries.

 

 Anup K. Pujari

Director General of Foreign Trade