The Food Safety & Standards Authority of India vide its notification dated 30th November 2021 has decided to extend the exemption granted to fish and fishery processing units from being inspected by third party for a further period of 1 month i.e. until 31st December 2021, if they are able to provide a copy of EIC inspection report to FSSAI.
The decision has been taken as a part of an interim measure to grant exemption from third-party audits to fish and fishery processing units that are engaged in exports, who are already being subject to inspection by the Export Inspection Agency under the Export Inspection Council.
