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Malted milk (including powder)

Malted milk preparations for infants, put up for retail sale

FSSAI CLEARANCE · AQCS CLEARANCE

HSN 1901 10 10 (Malted milk including powder) 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, as a high-risk infant-food product. Animal Quarantine and Certification Services (AQCS) Sanitary Import Permit clearance applies concurrently, and consignments are permitted only through 79 designated food-import ports with effect from 1 March 2023. Follow-up formula and complementary foods must additionally comply with IS 15757 and IS 11536 per Appendix III and General Note 2(a) of Schedule I of the ITC (HS) Import Policy.

What this is

HSN code

1901 10 10

Chapter

19 · Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; pastrycooks' products

Primary regulator

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

Customs documentation

Import Licence from FSSAI
Sanitary Import Permit from AQCS
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-food mandatory-registration scheme covering Infant Food categories. The FSSAI Import Licence (document code 911001) and a Specimen Copy of Label (document code 0110FS) must be uploaded in e-Sanchit before filing the bill of entry.
CBIC Instruction 30/2022-Cus dated 14-11-2022 · FSSAI order dated 10-10-2022 · CBIC Instruction 05/2023-Cus dated 08-02-2023
2
Obtain the AQCS Sanitary Import Permit (document code 911DF1), Health Certificate (document code 6360AQ), Veterinary Health Certificate (document code 853AQ1), and Lab Report/Certificate of Analysis (document code 001AQ1) before consignment dispatch. Quote the e-Sanchit IRN of the Sanitary Import Permit on the bill of entry to obtain the AQCS NOC per Annexure A of Circular 24/2022-Cus.
CBIC Circular 24/2022-Cus dated 28-11-2022 · CBIC Instruction 09/2023-Cus dated 07-03-2023 · FSSAI Letter 1828/Misc Matters/FSSAI/Imports-2021 dated 17-06-2022
3
Route the consignment only through one of the 79 designated food-import ports per General Note 4(D) of Schedule I of ITC (HS) 2022. Verify that follow-up formula and complementary foods comply with IS 15757 and IS 11536 per Appendix III and General Note 2(a) of the ITC (HS) Import Policy; milk-based preparations from China are prohibited pending melamine-testing capacity upgrades per DGFT Notification 01/2015-20 dated 23-04-2019.
CBIC Instruction 05/2023-Cus dated 08-02-2023 · DGFT Notification 01/2015-20 dated 23-04-2019 · GSR 759(E) and GSR 760(E) dated 29-07-2000

A word of counsel

The most common error on this tariff line is treating the FSSAI Import Licence as the sole clearance and failing to upload all four AQCS documents — the Sanitary Import Permit (911DF1), Health Certificate (6360AQ), Veterinary Health Certificate (853AQ1), and Lab Report/COA (001AQ1) — before the bill of entry. A missing IRN for the Sanitary Import Permit alone prevents the AQCS NOC from being issued, resulting in consignment detention at the designated port with accumulating demurrage; the IS 15757 and IS 11536 compliance obligation for complementary foods is a separate and equally binding condition under General Note 2(a) that is frequently overlooked at the classification stage.

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Frequently asked

Does HSN 1901 10 10 require BIS certification?

No, malted milk preparations for infants are not within 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 AQCS clearance and the 79-designated-port restriction operative from 1 March 2023.

Are milk-based infant food preparations from China permitted under this tariff line?

No. Import of milk and milk-based food preparations from China is prohibited under DGFT Notification 01/2015-20 dated 23-04-2019 until melamine-testing capacity at all ports of entry has been suitably upgraded.

What IS standards must follow-up formula and complementary foods comply with at the bill of entry?

Follow-up formula complementary foods must comply with IS 15757 and processed cereal-based complementary foods for infants must comply with IS 11536, as required by Appendix III and General Note 2(a) of Schedule I of the ITC (HS) Import Policy, read with GSR 759(E) and GSR 760(E) dated 29-07-2000.

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