India's DAHD and FSSAI have created an integrated veterinary health certificate for dairy imports into India that includes language from both the DAHD model certificate that is currently required for dairy imports and the certificate that FSSAI had initially planned to implement in March 2023, but was postponed (see Member Alert of Feb 27).

DAHD published this integrated certificate on its website as a draft. When the final version is published, this integrated certificate will enter into force immediately. However, the Indian government will allow the DAHD certificate alone to be utilized for a period of 60 days. USDEC will update the Export Guide and notify members when the final version is published.

As a reminder, the U.S. government will not endorse either the DAHD certificate or the new integrated certificate.

See Volume 2 of the USDEC Export Guide for more information on this new integrated certificate and a link to FSSAI's list of the products for which it is expected to be required.

USDEC is continuing to monitor developments related to the new certificate requirements. Contact Sandra Benson at sbenson@usdec.org with questions.