The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India vide notification dated 14th February, 2022 has issued the Food Safety and Standards (Import) First Amendment Regulations, 2022. The amendment provides that articles of food or ingredients or additive imported by the manufacturers or processors for their captive use or production of value added products for hundred per cent exports; or the consignments of articles of food or ingredients or additives imported by the firms or companies for use of their sister concerns or wholly owned subsidiary companies, to be used for hundred per cent export production subject to a defined relationship agreement between the two entities in this behalf and accompanied with Sanitary/Health Certificate issued by the Competent Authority of an exporting country.
