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Other prepared or preserved fruits, nuts and edible plant parts

FSSAI CLEARANCE

HSN 2008 99 19 falls under the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) import-licence regime under the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006, with mandatory FSSAI Import Licence and specimen label upload before out-of-charge. Consignments must enter only through the designated food-import ports under General Note 4(D) of Schedule I of the ITC (HS) 2022, administered by the Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT), with Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) oversight at the bill-of-entry stage.

What this is

HSN code

2008 99 19

Chapter

20 · Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants

Primary regulator

FSSAI · Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006

Customs documentation

Import Licence from FSSAI
Specimen copy of label from FSSAI
Food-import 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 a current 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 is required to verify both uploads before granting out-of-charge.
FSSAI Import Licence document code 911001 · Specimen Copy of Label document code 0110FS · CCR PGA-facilitated-bill requirement
2
Route the consignment 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 pending redirection or 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 label compliance with the FSS (Labelling and Display) Regulations, 2020 before arrival. Certain labelling deficiencies — including per-serve RDA percentages and expiry-date format — may be rectified at customs bonded warehouses by affixing a single non-detachable sticker, but rectification must occur before visual inspection by the FSSAI authorised officer and must not alter original label information.
CBIC Instruction 10/2022-Customs dated 28-06-2022 · CBIC Instruction 09/2023-Cus dated 07-03-2023 · FSSAI order dated 18-11-2022 under F.No.Import/TFM/Apex/2022-FSSAI · FSSAI Letter 1828/Misc Matters/FSSAI/Imports-2021 dated 17-06-2022

A word of counsel

The rectifiable-labelling dispensation is not a blanket cure for non-compliant labels: it applies only to the specific items listed in CBIC Instruction 10/2022-Customs and its modifications, and rectification must be completed at the customs bonded warehouse before — not after — FSSAI inspection. Importers who rely on post-inspection correction face consignment detention and potential re-export. Where the consignment includes clove stem, testing is conducted against horizontal safety parameters and volatile oil content at half the value applicable to whole cloves, pending notification of a dedicated standard.

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Frequently asked

Does HSN 2008 99 19 require BIS certification?

No. No BIS Quality Control Order covers this residual category of prepared or preserved fruits, nuts and edible plant parts. Import is governed by the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India under the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006, with FSSAI Import Licence and designated-port compliance as the operative requirements.

Which documents must be uploaded in e-Sanchit before out-of-charge for this HSN?

The FSSAI Import Licence (document code 911001) and the Specimen Copy of Label (document code 0110FS) must both be uploaded in e-Sanchit; the customs proper officer verifies these uploads before granting out-of-charge under the PGA-facilitated bill procedure.

What standard applies to imported clove stem classified under this residual tariff line?

Until a dedicated standard for clove stem is notified, FSSAI tests it against horizontal safety parameters and a volatile oil content of not less than 8.5 percent by v/w on a dry basis, being half the value applicable to whole cloves under FSSR 2.9.6(1), per FSSAI Letter 1828/Misc Matters/FSSAI/Imports-2021 dated 17-06-2022.

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