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REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99
The Gazette of India
CG-DL-E-18012025-260330
EXTRAORDINARY
PART II-Section 3-Sub-section (ii)
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 318]
NEW DELHI, FRIDAY, JANUARY 17, 2025/PAUSHA 27, 1946
MINISTRY OF FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING
(Department of Animal Husbandry And Dairying)
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 17th January, 2025
S.O. 320(E). In exercise of the powers conferred by section 3A of the Live-stock Importation Act, 1898 (9
of 1898), the Central Government hereby makes the following amendment in the notification of the Government of
India in the Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying number S.O. 3926(E), dated the 22nd September,
2021, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (ii), dated the 22nd September,
2021, namely:-
In the said notification, in Form-I, in paragraph II relating to sanitary information, after sub-paragraph (viii),
the following sub-paragraph shall be inserted, namely:-
"(ix) In case where the dog and cat food products also contain probiotics, the following shall be additionally certified;
(a) the dog and cat food products contain active probiotics approved by the importing country, as under,-
+-----------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------+-------------+
| Dog and cat food products (containing animal origin material) | Name of bacteria being used as probiotics along with its source | Concentration | Expiry date |
+===========================================================+=================================================================+=================+=============+
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) |
+-----------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------+-------------+
| | | | |
+-----------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------+-------------+
(b) the probiotics are tested and are free from other facultative aerobic micro-organisms (including pathogenic)
and other contaminants;
(c) (i) the finished dog and cat food products is tested and the facultative aerobic micro-organisms are less than
5x103 per gram or per milliliter of sample (excluding the concentration of used probiotics) by a random
sampling of at least five samples from each processed batch taken during or after storage at the processing
plant; or
(ii) in case the concentration of micro-organisms is higher, a process demonstrated to be of equivalent efficacy
(to be approved by Indian authority in advance);
(d) The probiotics are not intended to be used as drug or medicinal purpose.".
[F. No. L-110109(4)/4/2017-Trade (E-3212)]
VARSHA JOSHI, Addl. Secy.
Note: The principal notification was published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3,
Sub-section (ii), vide notification number S.O. 3926(E), dated the 22nd September, 2021.