Sunday, January 27, 2008

Certificates of origin to be submitted

Maldives Food and Drug Authority (MFDA) have urged all importers of meat to specify the country and district in the relevant documents when importing meat in to the country.

MFDA has revealed that effective from the 23 of this month, the authority requires product origin certificate stating state and district, in addition to Veterinary certificate.

MFDA informs that the step was taken as precautionary measure against bird flue which is now being reported in some South Asian countries. MFDA also stated that the authority also require certificate of origin stating district and state for eggs and similar food items.

MFDA informed that will waive all the shipments on the way from the requirement.

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