Culture yeast

Active culture yeast, live microbial food ingredient

FSSAI CLEARANCE

HSN 2102 10 10 (Culture yeast) is subject to Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) Import Licence under the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006, with mandatory compliance at 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 underlying import policy, and Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) instructions govern documentation verification at the bill-of-entry stage.

What this is

HSN code

2102 10 10

Chapter

21 · Miscellaneous edible preparations

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 the FSSAI Import Licence (document code 911001) before filing the bill of entry, and upload it in e-Sanchit along with the Specimen Copy of Label (document code 0110FS). The proper officer will verify both documents are present before granting out-of-charge.
CBIC Instruction 10/2022-Customs dated 28-06-2022 · FSSAI Import Licence document code 911001 · Label document code 0110FS
2
Route the consignment only through designated food-import entry points under General Note 4(D) of Schedule I of the ITC (HS) 2022. Consignments arriving at non-designated ports are liable to detention pending re-routing or re-export.
General Note 4(D) of Schedule I of ITC (HS) 2022 · CBIC Instruction 09/2023-Cus dated 07-03-2023
3
Ensure label compliance with FSS (Labelling and Display) Regulations, 2020 before shipment. Permissible port-level rectification — including per-serve RDA contribution and expiry-date stickering — must be carried out at a customs-bonded warehouse by affixing a single non-detachable sticker next to the principal display panel, without altering the original label, prior to authorised-officer inspection.
CBIC Instruction 10/2022-Customs 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 common error on this tariff line is treating label rectification at the port as an equivalent substitute for pre-shipment label compliance. Rectification is a limited dispensation covering specific data fields — per-serve RDA percentages and expiry-date additions confirmed by the manufacturer — and applies only to stickering at a customs-bonded warehouse before visual inspection. Labels with structural non-compliance under FSS (Labelling and Display) Regulations, 2020 beyond those enumerated fields cannot be rectified at port and expose the consignment to re-export or confiscation.

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Frequently asked

Does HSN 2102 10 10 require BIS certification?

No, active culture yeast 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 FSSAI Import Licence and designated food-import entry point compliance as the operative requirements.

Which documents must be uploaded in e-Sanchit before out-of-charge is granted?

The FSSAI Import Licence (document code 911001) and the Specimen Copy of Label (document code 0110FS) are both mandatory uploads in e-Sanchit; the proper officer verifies their presence before granting out-of-charge per CBIC Instruction 10/2022-Customs dated 28-06-2022.

What label deficiencies can be rectified at the port for imported culture yeast?

Per CBIC Instruction 10/2022-Customs and the FSSAI clarification order dated 18-11-2022, per-serve RDA percentage contributions and expiry-date information (provided by the manufacturer) may be rectified by affixing a single non-detachable sticker at a customs-bonded warehouse before authorised-officer inspection; all other label elements must be compliant at the time of import.

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