The Director General of Foreign Trade vide notification dated 7th March, 2022 has revised the Import policy of only ‘Drosophila melanogaster’. The import policy is revised from restricted to ‘Free’ subject to IBSC approval, as per the provisions of the ‘Revised Simplified Procedures/ Guidelines on Import, Export and Exchange of GE organisms and products thereof for R&D purpose’ notified by the Department of Biotechnology.
The import of ‘Drosophila melanogaster’ which does not fall under the provisions of aforesaid Revised Simplified Procedures would require an import authorization from DGFT.
