India to Set New Eligibility Requirements for Dairy Exporters, FDA Says

Exporters of dairy products to India will on Sept. 1 be required to appear on a list of approved establishments eligible to export to the country, the FDA said in an emailed news release last week. The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India “will include establishments on these lists that have been found to comply with applicable food safety requirements by the competent authority of the exporting country,” the FDA said. The agency will keep a list of establishments that have “expressed interest in exporting dairy to India” and that the FDA has found to meet U.S. requirements, and the agency will “transmit an initial list of such firms to FSSAI” by Sept. 1, it said. Establishments that want to be included on the initial list should request to be added by Aug. 23 using the FDA’s Export Listing Module, the FDA said.