Department of Agriculture Memorandum Order No. 36 Series of 2018, Temporary Suspension of Accreditation of ALM Food Products Ltd (APEDA #195) and Mirha Exports Pvt Ltd (APEDA #125) in Punjab, India as Exporter of Indian Buffalo Meat to the Philippines

Emergency notifications (SPS) 2018-12-19
G/SPS/N/PHL/428

Description

The Order temporarily suspends the accreditation of ALM Food Products Ltd (APEDA #195) and Mirha Exports Pvt Ltd (APEDA #125), as well as the processing, evaluation of the application and issuance of Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) import clearance of the aforementioned commodity. Intensified inspection of documents and shipments of all meat importation from India by DA-BAI Veterinary Quarantine Officers at the ports will be conducted, along with a more rigorous and tight inspection of all arrivals of Indian buffalo meat products from India by DA-NMIS Plant Officers assigned at DA accredited cold storage warehouses.

Keywords

Pest- or Disease- free Regions / Regionalization; Foot and mouth disease; Animal diseases; Food safety; Animal health; Human health