Egypt: Egypt's National Food Safety Authority Decision No 6-2020 - Rules Regulating Food Import Licensing
On August 11, 2020, Egypt’s National Food Safety Authority (NFSA) released Decision No. 6/2020 – Rules Regulating Food Import Licensing, made effective the day following its publication (on August 12, 2020) in the Egyptian Chronicles – Appendix to the Egyptian official gazette (Al-Wakaye AlMesreya); an unofficial translation is included herein. This decision specifies the rules related to the licensing of Egyptian food importers and food establishments importing food and food products. The decision permits the importation of food and food products subject to the importer receiving from the NFSA a food importer license. The National Food Safety Authority shall establish a white list of qualified food importers among those licensed to import. These will benefit from facilitated clearance protocols for imported food consignments, resulting in the reduction of the customs hold period, and the application of reduced sampling frequencies (less than 100 percent) to these consignments.
