Pesticide Residue: Compulsory Check of Rice Exports to Non-eu Nations Put Off The fresh notification amends the one issued in March 2022 in which the exemption from mandatory inspection certification was extended till July 1, 2022

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The Centre has deferred by an other six months its decision to impose mandatory inspection requirement for pesticide residue for the export of basmati and non-basmati rice to European destinations. However, this does not include the European Union (EU) and five other countries, the UK, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, and Switzerland.

This is because the certificate of inspection is already compulsory for exporting rice from India to all the EU countries, the UK, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, and Switzerland.

The fresh notification amends the one issued in March 2022 in which the exemption from mandatory inspection certification was extended till July 1, 2022

“….export of rice (basmati and non-basmati) to EU member states and other European Countries namely United Kingdom, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland only will require certificate of inspection from Export Inspection Council/ from Council Export Inspection Agency. Export to remaining European countries (except UK, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, and Switzerland) will require Certificate of Inspection by EIC/EIA for export from 1 January 2023,” according to a notification issued by the Directorate General of Foreign Trade.

The fresh notification amends the earlier one issued in March 2022 in which the exemption from mandatory inspection certification was extended till July 1 2022. The government has delayed its decision to impose mandatory inspection requirement for rice exports to a section of European countries partly due to disruption caused by the Covid-19 pandemic.