Livers

Fresh, chilled or frozen swine livers, edible offal

FSSAI CLEARANCE · AQCS CLEARANCE

HSN 0206 41 00 (Livers of swine) is subject to Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) Import Licence and mandatory foreign-manufacturer registration under the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006, applicable to the high-risk meat-product category. Animal Quarantine and Certification Services (AQCS) Sanitary Import Permit and Veterinary Health Certificate clearances apply concurrently, and consignments are permitted only through 79 designated food-import ports with effect from 1 March 2023.

What this is

HSN code

0206 41 00

Chapter

02 · Meat and edible meat offal

Primary regulator

FSSAI · Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006 (high-risk meat regime)

Customs documentation

Import Licence from FSSAI
Sanitary Import Permit from AQCS
Veterinary Health Certificate from AQCS

Applicable Partner Government Agencies

FSSAIFSSAI·Food Safety and Standards Authority of India

AQCSAQCS·Animal Quarantine and Certification Services

Procedural directions for customs clearance are issued by: Directorate General of Foreign Trade, Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs.

Compliance steps

1
Confirm the foreign manufacturing facility is registered with the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India under the high-risk meat-and-meat-products regime. The FSSAI Import Licence (document code 911001) and the Specimen Copy of Label (document code 0110FS) must both be uploaded in e-Sanchit before the bill of entry is filed.
CBIC Instruction 30/2022-Cus dated 14-11-2022 · FSSAI order dated 10-10-2022
2
Upload the AQCS Sanitary Import Permit (document code 911DF1), the Veterinary Health Certificate issued by the exporting country (document code 853AQ1), the Health Certificate (document code 6360AQ), and the Laboratory Report or Certificate of Analysis (document code 001AQ1) in e-Sanchit. All four AQCS documents must be present and verified by the proper officer before out-of-charge.
CBIC Circular 24/2022-Cus dated 28-11-2022 · CBIC Instruction 09/2023-Cus dated 07-03-2023
3
Route the consignment exclusively through one of the 79 designated food-import ports notified under General Note 4(D) of Schedule I of the ITC (HS) 2022. Confirm label compliance with the FSSAI rectifiable-labelling regime per CBIC Instruction 10/2022-Cus before out-of-charge; labelling deficiencies that are non-rectifiable are treated as a clearance bar, not a minor irregularity.
CBIC Instruction 05/2023-Cus dated 08-02-2023 · CBIC Instruction 10/2022-Cus dated 28-06-2022 · FSSAI Letter 1828/Misc Matters/FSSAI/Imports-2021 dated 17-06-2022

A word of counsel

The most common error on this tariff line is presenting the FSSAI Import Licence and assuming AQCS clearance will follow automatically. Swine livers require four distinct AQCS-linked documents — the Sanitary Import Permit (911DF1), the Veterinary Health Certificate (853AQ1), the Health Certificate (6360AQ), and the Certificate of Analysis (001AQ1) — and the absence of any single document results in detention at the designated port pending the missing upload; no retrospective upload pathway is available once the consignment has been flagged by the proper officer.

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Frequently asked

Does HSN 0206 41 00 require BIS certification?

No, edible swine offal falls outside the BIS Quality Control Order regime; no BIS QCO covers this product family. Import is governed by the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India under the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006, with concurrent Animal Quarantine and Certification Services clearance and the 79-designated-port restriction.

Which document codes must be uploaded in e-Sanchit for this tariff line?

Four AQCS-linked codes are mandatory: 911DF1 (Sanitary Import Permit), 853AQ1 (Veterinary Health Certificate), 6360AQ (Health Certificate), and 001AQ1 (Laboratory Report or Certificate of Analysis), plus FSSAI Import Licence code 911001 and Specimen Copy of Label code 0110FS, per CBIC Circular 24/2022-Cus and CBIC Instruction 09/2023-Cus.

Is foreign-manufacturer registration with FSSAI mandatory for this HSN?

Yes. Per CBIC Instruction 30/2022-Cus and the FSSAI order dated 10 October 2022, the overseas facility producing meat and meat products must be registered with FSSAI before the consignment is permitted entry into India.

Last verified against gazette notifications: 2026-05-16. Source: FSSAI / AQCS / DGFT / CBIC / Indian Customs CUSDATA.