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QUALITY CONTROL &
CERTIFICATION FOR
FACILITATING EXPORTS
EIC
January 2008
COVERAGE
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Export Quality Control – A background
EIC/EIA Structure
EIC – role in exports
Equivalence Agreements/ MoUs/ MRAs
Steps to enhance credibility of EIC
certification
• EIC- Important contributions
• Vision
• Cooperation in Conformity Assessment
Activities – EIC focus
Q- IMPORTANCE FOR EXPORT
• Demand for quality by consumers, both domestic &
overseas
• With globalization - WTO - dismantling of barriers for
free flow of trade-creation of global market with equal
access to all countries
• Strong need to focus on quality for overseas consumer
• Additionally governments realized their role to protect
health & safety of populations
• Quality, safety issues have acquired centrestage in
global trade
• Both role of industry & government important
• Government role in facilitation is twofold - building up
capabilities of industry and Quality certification
BENEFITS OF Q CERTIFICATION
• Help to build image of country as ensures that
inferior quality product not exported
• Minimizes trade impediments by reducing time
for testing at importing end
• Minimize/eliminate rejections at importing end
• More cost effective as cost of recall, destruction
& diversion of consignments minimized
• Reduce variation in Q due to production by
small enterprises
• Helps in capacity building in country
• Provides protection to consumers of importing
country as broad objective is to meet importing
requirements
EXPORT QUALITY CONTROL SCENARIO
• The importance of quality control for exports
recognized as early as 1963 & GoI enacted
the Export (QC&I) Act, 1963 – an umbrella Act
governing quality of exports
• EIC set up to advise Government on
measures for sound development of exports
through Quality Control & inspection to include
notification of standards
certification systems (CWI/Systems Approach)
Agencies for QC & I established/ recognised
• EIC operates certification through 5 EIAs at
Mumbai, Kochi, Kolkata, Delhi & Chennai; 38
Sub-offices & labs & other designated CABs
EIC / EIA Network
EIC-ROLE IN EXPORT
• Inspection & Certification to address health & safety
concerns of importing countries
 mandatory – 6 items (marine, dairy, egg, poultry, meat
products and honey)
 Voluntary – tea, spices, basmati rice, herbal, Voluntary
food scheme, HACCP, organic, feeds
 Issue of all types of export certificates-GMO, health, etc
• Recognition/ Designation Activities
• Equivalence Agreements/MOUs with trading partners for
recognition of EIC’s certification
• Addressing Non-tariff Issues through dialogue with
overseas governments on concerns & taking up at
various international fora
• Capacity Building - training
EXPORT CONTROL SYSTEMS IN INDIA 1
• Legislative Framework
 Order
 Lays down minimum standards-recognizes International,
importing country & contractual standards
 Refers to Rules for type of QC, inspection & monitoring
 Prohibits Exports – unless product conforms to standard
& accompanied by certificate stating that unit approved
& monitored by CA
 Rules
 Laid down for implementation of Order
 Lay down systems of certification for implementation of
Order ie reqts for hygienic handling of products
including HACCP if specified
 Lay down the basis of compliance
- Responsibility of processor & EIC
EXPORT CONTROL SYSTEMS IN INDIA 2
• Control Programmes & Operations
• Systems of Certification
Consignment wise inspection
Systems approach (Food Safety Mgmt Systems
Based Certification)
• Basis of compliance
 Primary responsibility on processor – plan & implement
in-process controls, develop own-check systems,
maintain records
 EIC to approve & ensure compliance
• Approval of units – through a 2 level process –
conditional & final - IDP conducts two assessments
• Period of Approval – 2 years
EXPORT CONTROL SYSTEMS IN INDIA 3
• Aspects covered
- GMP/GHP/HACCP
- Minimum test facilities
- Waste disposal/Effluent treatment mechanism,pest control
- Record keeping mechanism
- Competence of technical manpower
- Conformance of products to standards
• Compliance ensured through 3-tier surveillance system
• Testing as per latest technology & systems
requirements
• Residue monitoring and control
• Complaint handling system including dealing with
returned consignments
TESTING
• Laboratory Testing - Purpose
 Support for Export Inspection & Certification
 Commercial testing (facilities extended to industry)
 Import testing of food items-EIA Labs identified by
MoH&FW
 Pesticide residues for National RMP by MoA
• Parameters tested - Pesticide residues, antibiotic
residues, heavy metals, microbiological parameters,
water as per EC directives
• Total laboratory infrastructure – 5 labs at EIAs, 13
SO labs for microbiological testing, 11 recognized
labs
• Accreditation Status – Koch accredited; Mumbai,
Chennai & Kolkatta in process
UNITS APPROVED
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Marine : 368 (189 EU)
Dairy : 55
egg : 3
Poultry : 4
Honey : 2
Rice : 6
black pepper : 8
others- ice plants, cold storages, etc : 70 (23 CS for
EU),
• Engineering : 22
• Footwear : 2
• Chemicals :8
3-TIER SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM
• MONITORING BY EIA OFFICIALS TO VERIFY
• Sanitation & Hygiene
• Process controls
• Implementation of HACCP plan
• Records
• Observe testing by laboratories
• Draw samples of raw materials, water , ice,
finished products, swabs of workers hands and
work places
• SUPERVISORY VISITS TO CHECK
• Compliance to norms by processors
• Quality and correctness of monitoring by EIA
officers.
• CORPORATE AUDITS
• Independent audit by EIC to verify operation of
scheme by EIAs as per documented systems.
COMPLAINT HANDLING PROCEDURE
• Complaints received
• Unit placed on Alert ( increase monitoring; 10
consignments tested)
• Investigation – visit to unit/information from processor
• Satisfactory – ‘on alert’ continues
• Unsatisfactory - consignments contaminated/
unsatisfactory hygienic conditions/ samples fail
• Prodn & export stopped till corrective actions taken
• Show cause why approval not withdrawn
• Corrective actions taken and verified
• Satisfactory; resume production and exports
• Officer deputed for10-30 days; 10 consignments tested
• If unsatisfactory, then approval withdrawn
RECOGNITION/DESIGNATION
ACTIVITIES
• Streamline Inspection/ Certification/ Testing For
Export
 Approving inspection Agencies as per latest international
standards ISO 17020 for iron ore
 Recognizing labs as per international criteria (ISO 17025)
for export testing to supplement own capabilities – 11
recognized
 EIC Central Monitoring Authority for coordinating and
monitoring certification in area of meat and meat
products – procedure recently developed
 Role of Designating Authority under Singapore MRA for
electrical & electronics products
• EU countries also taking services of designated
bodies including private – accreditation not prerequisite
EQUIVALENCE
AGREEMENTS/MOUS/MRAS -1
• EC - Designated CA for marine products &
basmati rice; dialogue on for dairy, egg, poultry
meat, honey
• USA (USFDA) - recognized for Black Pepper – no
detention if accompanied by EIC certificate;
started dialogue for poultry
• Singapore – MRA in area of food & agri, electrical
& electronics, drugs, telecommunication
• Australia (AQIS) - recognized for marine products
– seeking for dairy, spices, honey, etc
• Sri Lanka (SLSI) - recognized for 85 regulated
prods (food, cement, engineering/electrical, etc)
EQUIVALENCE
AGREEMENTS/MOUs/MRAs -2
• Italy – fish & fishery products
• Japan – recognized EIC certification for poultry
products wef 13 October 2005
• Turkey – recognized EIA health certificates for all
food items, stainless steel utensils & packaging
material for foods
• S.Korea (KFDA)- recognised for food/ agriculture
prods
• China – Agreement on Iron ore finalized
• Nepal – all agriculture & food products
• Others - EU (France), Mexico, Bangladesh, Saudi
Arabia, Libya, Pakistan, Mauritius, Thailand,
JapanIndonesia, Malaysia
STEPS TO ENHANCE CREDIBILITY
OF EIC CERTIFICATION
• Upgraded to bring certification in line with int standards
 Streamlined existing schemes in line with int reqts
 Developed RMPs in line with reqts of importing countries
 Monitoring based on risk-based inspection & certification
• Upgrading Conformity Assessment Infrastructure
 Legislative framework
 Infrastructural facilities
 Laboratories (State-of-the-art equipment - parameters include
pesticide/ antibiotic residues, heavy metals, microbiology, water as
per EC; systems as per ISO 17025)
 Computerization - Streamlining CoO activity, providing online
services to exporters
• Upgrading Manpower: Trainings – 10th Plan
 Exporters :
48 Programs; 3211 participants
 Own manpower :58 Programs; 1187 participants
• EU TIDP Projects
STEPS TO ENHANCE CREDIBILITY
OF EIC CERTIFICATION
• Systems Upgradation
Streamlined existing schemes in line with int reqts
Developed RMPs in line with reqts of importing
countries
Monitoring risk-based
• Upgrading CA Infrastructure
Legislative framework
Infrastructural facilities
Laboratories (equipment/methods/systems, manpower)
Computerization
• Upgrading Manpower: Trainings – 10th Plan
 Exporters :
48 Programs; 3211 participants
 Own manpower :58 Programs; 1187 participants,
IMPORTANT CONTRIBUTIONS OF EIC
• Increase in exports Year
marine products
Value (cr Rs)
Quantity (lakh mt)
2005-06
6646
4.61
2006-07
8000
5.16
• Access of Indian products in foreign markets –
Poultry products in Japan, egg products in Singapore,
marine products in EC
• Reductions in rejections by EC – fish & fishery
prods
• Streamlining exports through MRA/ Equivalence
Agreements
• Helping industry build up facilities indirectly
through constant monitoring of requirements of
infrastructure, HACCP,
VISION FOR EIC
• Facilitate worldwide access for Indian
Exports through a credible and efficient
inspection and certification system and
earn global recognition of EIC as India’s
premier organization for certifying quality
and safety to meet international norms
Cooperation in Conformity
Assessment Activities – EIC focus
• Work towards acceptance by USA of products exported
from India based on implementation of registration &
certification programs (voluntary & mandatory) as per
US requirements with minimal import checks
• Work out joint systems for dealing with rejections
including joint testing, strengthening registration &
certification systems
• Work out information sharing mechanisms especially
on legislative & regulatory requirements; inspection,
sampling & test methods & procedures
• Cooperation in areas of manpower upgradation &
exchange of technical expertise
• Input US regulatory requirements productwise on
existing EIC portal on food products
THANK YOU