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ENHANCING DAIRY SECTOR EXPORT COMPETITIVENESS IN PAKISTANANNEXURE: IMPORT REGULATIONS OF POTENTIAL DAIRY EXPORTMARKETSOn the basis of market analysis provided in the Section III above, a brief overview of the SPS and technicalregulations and standards of these potential markets in described below:SingaporeThe dairy imports into Singapore are governed by the Sale of Food Act (SFA) 2002 and the FoodRegulations 2002 administered by the national food safety body called the Agri-Food and VeterinaryAuthority of Singapore (AVA). The SFA defines the food products, prohibits selling of contaminated foodsunfit or unsafe for human consumption or those which are not properly labeled or packaged and maymislead consumers. The Food Regulations (2002) on the other hand specify standards for food safetyincluding permitted additives and their maximum limits, tolerable limits for chemical residues, andstandards for labeling and advertising.Import RegulationsDairy Products from Foot-and-Mouth Disease (FMD) affected Countries. The following are importrequirements for dairy products (liquid milk, cheese, butter, ice-cream, yoghurt, milk powder) from FMDaffected countries:1. Submission of a documentary proof (one time submission) that dairy products are manufactured inpremises regulated by a competent authority (for e.g. a certified true copy of the manufacturer’slicence)2. Submission of a health certificate (for every consignment) stating that the dairy raw ingredient hasbeen subjected to one of the following procedures:a. a sterilization process applying a minimum temperature of 132o C for at least onesecond (ultra-high temperature, UHT), orb. if the milk has a pH less than 7.0, a sterilization process applying a minimumtemperature of 72 oC for at least 15 seconds (high temperature – short timepasteurization [HTST]), orc. if the milk has a pH of 7.0 or over, the HTST process applied twice.• The Health Certificate should include the following information 141:a. Description of the products including brand name and nature of product;b. Quantity in the appropriate units;c. Lot identifier and date of production;d. Name and address of the manufacturer or the processing establishmente. Name and address of the importer or consignee;f. Name and address of the exporter of consignor;141 http://www.oie.int/eng/Status/FMD/en_fmd_free.htm for a list of FMD free countries88