Fatty livers, fresh or chilled

Fresh or chilled fatty livers of poultry

FSSAI CLEARANCE · AQCS CLEARANCE

HSN 0207 53 00 (Fatty livers, fresh or chilled) 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, alongside Animal Quarantine and Certification Services (AQCS) Sanitary Import Permit clearance under S.O. 4118(E) dated 14-11-2019. Consignments are restricted to 79 designated food-import ports operative from 1 March 2023 under General Note 4(D) of Schedule I of the ITC (HS) 2022.

What this is

HSN code

0207 53 00

Chapter

02 · Meat and edible meat offal

Primary regulator

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

Customs documentation

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

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 (including Poultry) category. Upload the FSSAI Import Licence (document code 911001) and the Specimen Copy of Label (document code 0110FS) in e-Sanchit before filing the bill of entry.
CBIC Instruction 30/2022-Cus dated 14-11-2022 · FSSAI order dated 10-10-2022
2
Upload the Veterinary Health Certificate issued by the exporting country (document code 853AQ1) and the Laboratory Report or Certificate of Analysis (document code 001AQ1) in e-Sanchit. Quote the IRN of the AQCS-issued Sanitary Import Permit (document code 911DF1) on the bill of entry to obtain the AQCS NOC; the Health Certificate (document code 6360AQ) must also be uploaded 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 only through one of the 79 designated food-import ports per the CBIC Instruction 05/2023-Cus Annexure. Confirm compliance with S.O. 4118(E) dated 14-11-2019, which regulates all poultry and poultry product imports under Section 3 and 3A of the Livestock Importation Act, 1898, and verify the rectifiable-labelling regime is satisfied before out-of-charge.
CBIC Instruction 05/2023-Cus dated 08-02-2023 · S.O. 4118(E) dated 14-11-2019 · CBIC Instruction 10/2022-Cus dated 28-06-2022

A word of counsel

The most common error on this tariff line is uploading the FSSAI Import Licence and overlooking the three distinct AQCS document obligations — the Veterinary Health Certificate (853AQ1), the Certificate of Analysis (001AQ1), and the Sanitary Import Permit IRN (911DF1) — each tied to a separate Annex A slot in Circular 24/2022-Cus. A consignment arriving with any one of these missing is detained at the designated port pending full e-Sanchit compliance, and demurrage accrues from the vessel's arrival date regardless of whether the FSSAI clearance is current.

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Frequently asked

Does HSN 0207 53 00 require BIS certification?

No, fatty livers of poultry are not within the BIS Quality Control Order regime. Import is governed by the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India under the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006, with a concurrent Animal Quarantine and Certification Services overlay and a 79-designated-port restriction operative from 1 March 2023.

Which e-Sanchit document codes are mandatory at the bill of entry for this tariff line?

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

Does the foreign manufacturing facility need to be registered with FSSAI before the first shipment?

Yes. Per CBIC Instruction 30/2022-Cus and the FSSAI order dated 10 October 2022, registration of the foreign manufacturing facility is mandatory before any import of meat and poultry products is permitted; shipments from unregistered facilities are not eligible for out-of-charge clearance.

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