India to Allow Imports of Soya Cake
India's Directorate General of Foreign Trade permitted the import of up to 1.2 million metric tons of crushed and de-oiled genetically modified soya cake until Oct. 31 under ITC Harmonized System codes 23040020 and 23040030 in an Aug. 24 notice.…
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The Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry & Dairying sought permission to import the food item. In response, the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change inspected the soya cake in question and determined that since it does not contain any living modified organism, it can be imported. Shipments will only be accepted at the Nhava Sheva container and Petrapole land border ports, it said.