MANU/CUST/0068/2023
Ministry : Ministry of Finance
Department/Board : Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs
Instruction No. : 20/2023-Customs
Date : 05.07.2023
Notification/ Circulars Referred : Instruction No. 2/2022-Customs dated 02.02.2022 MANU/CUST/0018/2022
Citing Reference:
Instruction No. 2/2022-Customs dated 02.02.2022 MANU/CUST/0018/2022 Referred
To
All Principal Chief Commissioner/ Chief Commissioner of Customs/ Customs (Preventive).
All Principal Chief Commissioner/ Chief Commissioner of Central Excise & Customs.
All Principal Chief Commissioner of Customs/ Customs (Preventive).
All Principal Commissioner/ Commissioner of Central Tax & Customs.
Notification of Authorised Officers under Section 25 read with Section 47 (5) of Food Safety Standards (FSS) Act, 2006 and Regulation 13 (1) of FSS (Import) Regulation, 2017
1. Reference is invited to Instruction No. 2/2022-Customs dated 02.02.2022 regarding authorized officers under Section 25 read with Section 47(5) of Food Safety Standard Act, 2006 and Regulation 13(1) of FSS (Import) Regulation 2017. In this regard, FSSAI has provided updated list of PoEs for import of food (Annexure-1)
2. It is stated that FSSAI has notified Authorised officers at 161 Points of
Entries (PoEs) for food, wherein 99 PoEs are to be manned by Customs officials
as Authorized officers (AOs) while 62 PoEs are manned by FSSAI officials.
3. It is requested that necessary action may be taken to sensitize officers under your jurisdiction regarding the said matter. The above instruction No. 2/2022- Customs dated 02.02.2020, is modified to that extent.
4. The difficulties, if any, may be brought to the notice of the Board.
5. Hindi version follows.
F. No. 401/103/2021-LUS-III
Radhe Krishna
Annexure-1
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Sl. No. | Port Name | Port Code | State/UT | Authorised Officer | PORT Type |
| 1 | VISAKHAPATNAM INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT | INVTZ4 | Andhra Pradesh | FSSAI Authorised Officer | Airports |
| 2 | SEZ PARRY INFRASTRUCTURE COMPANY |P) LT | INCOP6 | Andhra Pradesh | Superintendent/Appraiser/lnspector/Examiner | CD andSEZ |
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