Jelly fungi (Tremella spp.)

Dried jelly fungi (Tremella spp.), whole, cut, sliced or powdered

FSSAI CLEARANCE

HSN 0712 33 00 (Jelly fungi, Tremella spp.) is subject to Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) Import Licence requirements under the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006, with consignments restricted to designated food-import entry points under General Note 4(D) of Schedule I of the ITC (HS) 2022. The Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) administers the ITC (HS) import policy overlay, and the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) enforces e-Sanchit document verification before out-of-charge.

What this is

HSN code

0712 33 00

Chapter

07 · Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers

Primary regulator

FSSAI · Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006

Customs documentation

Import Licence from FSSAI
Specimen copy of label from FSSAI
Food-entry-point declaration to CBIC

Applicable Partner Government Agencies

FSSAIFSSAI·Food Safety and Standards Authority of India

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

Compliance steps

1
Obtain an FSSAI Import Licence and upload it in e-Sanchit under document code 911001 before filing the bill of entry. Also upload the Specimen Copy of Label under document code 0110FS; the customs proper officer will verify both documents prior to granting out-of-charge.
CBIC Instruction 09/2023-Cus dated 07-03-2023 · CBIC Instruction 10/2022-Cus dated 28-06-2022 · FSSAI order dated 18-11-2022 under F.No.Import/TFM/APEX/2022-FSSAI
2
Route the consignment exclusively through a designated food-import entry point in compliance with General Note 4(D) of Schedule I of the ITC (HS) 2022. Arrival at a non-designated port renders the consignment liable to detention and re-export.
General Note 4(D) of Schedule I of the ITC (HS) 2022 · CBIC Instruction 05/2023-Cus dated 08-02-2023
3
Ensure labelling conforms to the FSS (Labelling and Display) Regulations, 2020. Where permissible deficiencies exist — such as per-serve RDA percentage contribution or expiry date alongside best-before date — rectification must be carried out at the customs bonded warehouse by affixing a single non-detachable sticker next to the principal display panel before FSSAI inspection, without altering the original label.
CBIC Instruction 10/2022-Cus dated 28-06-2022 · FSSAI Letter 1828/Misc Matters/FSSAI/Imports-2021 dated 17-06-2022 · FSSAI clarification order dated 18-11-2022

A word of counsel

The most frequently missed obligation on this tariff line is the labelling-rectification protocol: importers assume that a permissible labelling deficiency can be remedied after FSSAI inspection, when in fact rectification must be completed at the bonded warehouse before visual inspection by the authorised officer. A sticker applied after inspection, or one that overlaps or obscures the original label, is treated as a label alteration and may cause consignment detention. The FSSAI Import Licence and the Specimen Copy of Label must both be separately uploaded in e-Sanchit — uploading one without the other is the single most common trigger for out-of-charge denial.

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Frequently asked

Does HSN 0712 33 00 require BIS certification?

No. Dried jelly fungi fall 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 the ITC (HS) designated-port entry condition administered by DGFT.

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

The FSSAI Import Licence (document code 911001) and the Specimen Copy of Label (document code 0110FS) are both mandatory uploads in e-Sanchit; the customs proper officer will verify both before granting out-of-charge, per CBIC Instruction 09/2023-Cus dated 07-03-2023.

Can labelling deficiencies be corrected after FSSAI inspection at the port?

No. Permissible rectifications — such as per-serve RDA contribution or expiry-date additions — must be completed at the customs bonded warehouse before FSSAI visual inspection, using a single non-detachable sticker that does not alter or obscure the original label, per CBIC Instruction 10/2022-Cus.

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