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Persons desirous of obtaining Agmark Certification on fruits and vegetables
under Agmark should have valid Certificate of Authorization (C.A.) for grading of
fruits and vegetables. Provisions contained in Fruits and Vegetables Grading
and Marking Rules, 2004 shall be applicable.
I. Procedure for grant of C.A.
(1) Persons desirous of obtaining C.A. for grading fruits and vegetables under
Agmark for exports shall apply to the concerned office of Directorate of
Marketing & Inspection (DMI) in the prescribed Proforma - I.
(2) Necessary documents as prescribed in Annex-A shall be enclosed with the
application.
(3) Demand draft for Rs. 1000/- as C.A. processing fee shall be enclosed with
the application.
(4) Applicant for grant of C.A. can have his own premises (owned by him or
rented). He can also use common facilities of APMC pack houses,
Private/Coop pack houses etc. Minimum requirements in the premises
are given in Annex-B. Details of such arrangements shall be given with the
application. Details of such arrangements may not be given by APEDA
approved pack houses.
(5) Concerned office of the DMI will process the documents, inspect the
proposed premises and grant C.A. within ten days of the receipt of complete
documents. Inspection of the premises is not required in case of APEDA
approved pack houses. In such cases, CA shall be issued within three days
of the receipt of the complete documents.
(6) Grade designation mark (Agmark insignia) shall be securely affixed to or
printed on each container. Since each and every container is accounted for
in exports, it is not necessary to have running replica serial No. on each
container. It is also not necessary that Agmark insignia shall be printed in
printing presses permitted by the Directorate. However, authorised packer
shall inform the name and address of the printing press from whom he is
getting the containers bearing Agmark replica printed.
II. Procedure for obtaining Certificate of Agmark Grading (CAG) for export
of grapes to EU countries.
1. C.A. holder shall apply giving details of the consignment to any one of
approved laboratories under intimation to the concerned office of DMI for grant of
CAG for the lot of grapes in the prescribed proforma (Annexure-C). The lists of
the offices of DMI and the approved laboratories are at Appendix (i) and
Appendix (ii), respectively.
2. The C.A. holder will send the Demand Draft towards grading charges to
the laboratory payable @ 0.1% of FOB value subject to a minimum of Rs. 200/-
per consignment. For the grape season of 2008, the FOB value has been fixed
at Rs. _____ per kg. The laboratory will send the grading charges to the
concerned office of DMI every fortnight. Failure to do so will block the software
for the concerned laboratory after a warning.
3. The C.A. holder will offer the lot for inspection at the approved premises.
The consignment shall be offered packed in appropriate packing boxes. The
inspection may also be carried out on the grading and sorting line of the
approved premises.
4. C.A. holder can offer the lot for inspection and grading at the
Airport/Seaport. The size of such lot shall not be more than 5 MT net weight.
5. Approved Chemist of the approved laboratory shall draw sample as per
the sampling plan (Annexure- D). He/she will sign on the containers selected for
sampling.
6. The approved chemist will grade the sample according to prescribed
standards and assign appropriate grade. He/she will fill up the Inspection Report
in the prescribed proforma (Annexure- E)
7. The Inspecting Officer will stack-seal the consignment after inspection in
the cold store. The temperature of the grape berries in the cold store should be
in the range of 0 – 10
C and Relative Humidity in the cold store should be in the of
range of 90-95%.
8. The Inspecting Officers of DMI can make surprise checks of the grading
done by the approved laboratories. They will fill up the Inspection Reports of
such surprise checks. The decision of the Inspecting Officers of DMI shall be
final. In case of any dispute, the C.A. holder can refer the matter to the Dispute
Settlement Committee.
9. Authorised persons of the approved laboratory will issue the CAG in the
prescribed proforma. The CAG will be sent electronically to the C.A. holder,
concerned office of DMI and the PSC issuing Authority.
10. The CAG shall be valid for 15 days from the date of issue. Revalidation
of the CAG can be done on the request of the C.A. holder in case shipment is
delayed beyond 15 days for valid reasons. It will be done after reexamination by
the concerned laboratory to ascertain that the consignment is in sound
merchantable condition and that there has been no deterioration in the quality.