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Export (Quality Control & Inspection) Act, 1963

• The Act was promulgated to ensure quality of products exported to other countries by meeting quality standards of importing country.
• It is under administrative control of Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Govt. of India.
• Export Inspection Council of India is entrusted to implement the Act.

Export Inspection Council of India 

EIC is an apex body set up under the Act for development of export trade through quality control and Pre-shipment Inspection. 

The Council is empowered to:

• Notify the commodities for quality control and inspection for export
• Establish standards of quality for export
• Advice and control functioning of Export Inspection Agencies responsible for inspection of export consignment and facilities

Export Inspection Agency (EIA) 

• There are five Regional Export Inspection Agencies under administrative control of EIC located at Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai and Kochi.
• There are also sub-regional offices of EIA under each region.
• EIA follows both Consignment-wise inspection and System-based approach by approval of facilities.
• Consignment-wise inspection is done under compulsory Pre-shipment Inspections (PSI), System-based inspection is done by approval of the establishment and its facilities.
• The inspection for approval of processing of establishment is done as per international norms based on ISO and FSMS
• Inspection is done by an inter-departmental panel of two to three officers 
• PSI certification is compulsory for a number of food products
• EIA has its own Testing laboratories in different Regions
• EIC has also recognized private NABL Labs for testing of water used for processing purposes and used as ingredient, as per BIS

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