Circular  / Date of Publishing: 07/04/2022
Affected Regions:  Egypt

Conditions for Joining the White List for Food Importers

In order to advance the level of control over imported food, the authority announces the conditions for joining the white list of food importers, and they are summarized as follows:

Submit a food importer license from the National Food Safety Authority.

The absence of any import violations that have not been corrected with the National Food Safety Authority.

Availability of a quality system that ensures accurate recording of incoming messages and the company's withdrawal, retrieval and tracking system.

If you wish to transfer messages under reservation, you must submit a warehouse license from the National Food Safety Authority or contract with one of the stores licensed by the National Food Safety Authority.