(MENAFN- The Peninsula) The Ministry of Commerce, through an amendment in the Import Policy Order 2013, has notified 78 items, which must meet Pakistan Standards at the import stage, an official said yesterday.
The list of products dated January 8, 2015, mostly comprises food products, including beverages, edible oil and confectionary, etc, which are imported on a large-scale without any proper assessment of the quality and standards.
A Customs official said they check the Pure Foods Laws (PFL) standards to determine whether an item is deemed importable. The official said the notification had been circulated among all the Customs formations for effective implementation.
Food items, which need to meet Pakistan standards at the import stage include apple juice, banaspati, butter, carbonated beverages, bottled drinking water, cooking oil, cotton seed oil cake expeller type, chilly powder, concentrated fruit juice, condensed milk, curry powder, edible sesame oil, food for children and infants, flavoured milk, fruit squash, honey, iodised salt, jams/jellies, margarine, mayonnaise and marmalades, milk powder, natural mineral water, orange juice, palm oil, pickles, refined edible oil, sugar, synthetic vinegar, tea black, turmeric and biscuits.
Two-wheeler and three-wheeler auto vehicles, balanced feed mixture for livestock, gas appliances polypropylene woven sacks for packing, cement and poultry feed are now subject to meet Pakistan Standards at the import stage, the official said.
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