REGISTERED No D. 221
The Gazette of India
EXTRAORDINARY
PART II—Section 3—Sub-section (ii)
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 381] NEW DELHI, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 11,1970/ASVINA 29,1892
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MINISTRY OF FOREIGN TRADE
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 21st October 1970
S.O. 3486.—Whereas, In exercise of the powers conferred by section 0 of the Export (Quality Control and Inspection) Act, 1963 (22 of 1963), the Central Government is of opinion that it is necessary or expedient so to do for the development of the export trade of India, that frozen lobster tails should be sub- iect to quality control and inspection prior to export;
And whereas the Central Government has formulated the proposals specified below for the said purpose and has forwarded the same to the Export Inspection Council, as required by sub-rule (2) of rule 11 of the Export (Quality Control and Inspection) Rules, 1964;
Now, therefore, in pursuance of the said sub-rule, the Central Government hereby publishes the said proposals for the information of the public likely to be affected thereby.
2. Notice is hereby given that any person desiring to forward any objection or suggestion with respect to the said proposals may forward the same within thirty days of the date of the publication of this notification to the Export Inspection Council, "World Trade Centre", 14/1-B, Ezra Street (7th floor), Calcutta-1.
Proposals
(1) To notify that frozen lobster tails shall be subject to quality control and inspection prior to export;
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(2) To specify the type of Inspection in accordance with the draft Export of 'rozen Lobster Tai 3 (Inspection) Rules, 197O, set out In Annexure [ to thi" lotiflcatlon as the type of inspection which would be applied to such frozen lobster aLs;
(3) To recognise the specifications as set out In Annexure II to this ro tin1 cation tha standard specifications for the frozen lobster tails;
(4) To prohibit the export, in the course of international trade of such frozen obster tails, unless the same are accompanied by a certificate Issued by any of he Export Inspection Agencies established at Bombay, CalcuUa, Cochin, Delhi and Madras under section 7 of the Export (Quality Control and Inspection) Acl, 1983 ;22 of 1963), to the effect thet the said commodity conforms :o tha standard _>eciflcations as recognised under sub-paragraph (3) and are export-worthy.
3. Nothing In this notification shall apply to export by s"a, land or air of rozen lobster tails as samples to the prospective buyers, provided that each such lample does not weight more than two kilograms
ANNEXURE I
iraft Tu\e" proposed to be made under section 11 of the Export (Quality Control and Inspection) Act, 1903 (22 of 1963)
1. Short title and commevcement—(i) These rules may be called the Export f Frozen Lobster Tails (Inspection) Rules, 1970.
(2) They shall come Into force on the
2. Definitions.—In these rules, unless the context otherwise requires—
(1) "Apency" means th; Export Inspection Agencies established at Bombay, Calcutta, Cochin, Delhi and Madras under section 7 of the Export (Quality Cont-ol and Inspection) Act, 1983 (22 of 1963);
(2) "frO7en lobster tal's" includes the following species of Panullrus, pre-
pared by quick freezing, with heads completely removed:—
(a) Panulirus homarus.
(b) Panlirus ornatus.
(c) Panulirus polyphagus.
3. Basis of Inspection.—Inspection of frozen lotster tails Intended for export lail be car-led out with a view to sepinct that the frozen lobster taiij conform 1 the specifications recognised by the Central Gnvernment under section 6 of the xport (Quality Control and Inspection) Act, 1963 (22 of 1903).
4. Procedure of Inspection.—(1) An exporter intending to export frozen lobster jlls shall submit an application to the nearest office of the ARency, giving parti- jlars of the consignment Intended to be exported, to enable it to examine such ansignment or causs the same to be examined to see whether the same conforms 1 the specifications referred to in rule 3.
(2) Every application under sub-rule (1) shall be made not :esa than seven ays before the anticipated time of despatch of the consignment from the ex- orter's premises.
(3) On receint of the application referred to in sub-rule (2) the Agencv -shall ispect the consignment and satisfy itself that the consignment compiles with the 'qulrements of the recognised specifications. The exporter shall provide sU ecessary facilities to the Agency to enable it to carry out such Inspection.
(4) Tf. on such lnsppctlon of the cpr^Itmrnent. the Agency Is satisfied that the.
me conforms to the recognised specifications and has been packed and marked :cordin? to these rules, it shall Issue a certificate declaring the- consignment a" tport-worthy.
5. Packing and mnTzlng for export.—(\) Th? frozen lobster tails shall be cl^ed e^her acro-dlng "to the specifications, recognised under section 6 of the* sport (Quality Control and Inspection) Act. 1963 (22 of 1963), nr hv:a manner" agreed ta between tha exporter and the foreign buyer.
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(2) Each package and each master carton containing such package shaU b marked, either In lull or in codes, with indelible ink with tha following parti culars:—
(a) Name and grade of the material, (b) Name and addiesa of the exporter, (c) Lot number/batch of production, (d) Net weight of contents, and (e) Date of packing.
6. Place of inspection.—(1) Inspection for ths purpose of thess rules shall b< carried out at the exporter's premises, which shall be well lighted and maintained in sanitary and hygienic conditions. Nacessary facilities for weighing, packing and inspection eha-l be provided at the premises by the exporter.
(2) In addition to the inspection at the premises mentioned in sub-rule (1), the Agency may exercise such supervision of the Inspected consignment at any place of storage or transit prior lo ii^ shipment as It may consider necessary lor satisfying ihe purposes of these rules.
7. Inspection fees.—A fee at the rate of ten paise per kilogram of the' material, subject to a minimum of thirty rupees per consignment, shall be paid to the Export Inspection Agency as inspection fee under these rules,
8. Appeal.—(1) Any exporter aggrieved by the refusal of the Agency to issue a certificate under sub-rule (4) of rule 4, may, within two days of receipt of the communication of such refusal by him, prefer an appeal to a panel of experts, consisting of not lesa than three persons as may be appointed for the purpose by the Central Government.
(2) The quorum for the panel shall be three-
(3) The decision of the said panel on such appeal shall bo final-
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ANNEXURE II
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Specifications for frozen leister tails
General
Types
Size-grades (based on Bacteriological Standards Packing acd stoiagc weight per piece)
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Total bacterial ..ount
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Super jumbo- Above 340 gms.
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per gram, maximum 400000
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'. Jubmo-285 to 340 gnu.
Frozenlobstertajls shall be prepared by quick-freezing the tails obstained from fresh lobstrers. The processing s'iall be carried out in a premises maintained in hygienic manner.
E. Coli, per grain maximam-20
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; Large-225 to
Depending upon the co- lour of the meat, the frozen lobster tails sbal] be of two types, namely (i) Snow white to whits (ii) Light pick to deep
The material., on thawing; shall be clean
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pink
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Salmonella and other pathag^nic bacteria-
284 gms
Medium-170 to
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Nil
224 gms.
Lobster tail;, shall be wrapped individually in moisture proof film or arranged in blocks before freezing. The frozen product shall be packed in* seaworthy corrugated Tcard board boxes.
Small-115 to
169 gms
Extra Small-
50 to 114 gms
Tiny-Below 5° gms.
E X T R A O R D having an attractive characteristic appear- ance. It shall in every way be in a sound intact?, undamaged condition and free from defects. The meat shall have the characteristic colour and odour of freshly caught lobsters and shall not have any dis- colouration or off odour. The material shall be free from eggs, sand, dirt and any other extraneous matter.
The frozen iuaierial shali be stored in a room maintained at or below minus eighteen degree centigrade tempera- ture.
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