Sodium nitrite

Sodium nitrite, inorganic nitrite salt

FSSAI CLEARANCE

HSN 2834 10 10 (Sodium nitrite) is subject to Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) Import Licence requirements under the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006, applicable where the product enters food or food-additive supply chains. Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) policy controls and Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) Circular 23/2023-Cus mandatory Chapter 28 additional qualifiers apply as concurrent clearance overlays at the bill-of-entry stage.

What this is

HSN code

2834 10 10

Chapter

28 · Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals

Primary regulator

FSSAI · Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006

Customs documentation

Import Licence from FSSAI
Certificate of Analysis from supplier
Chapter 28 qualifiers from 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
Ensure the FSSAI Import Licence (document code 911001) is current and uploaded in e-Sanchit before filing the bill of entry. The Specimen Copy of Label (document code 0110FS) must also be uploaded; labelling deficiencies permissible for port rectification are limited to those specified under FSS (Labelling and Display) Regulations, 2020 per CBIC Instruction 10/2022-Cus and FSSAI order dated 18-11-2022.
CBIC Instruction 10/2022-Cus dated 28-06-2022 · CBIC Instruction 09/2023-Cus dated 07-03-2023 · FSSAI order dated 18-11-2022 · FSSAI Letter 1828/Misc Matters/FSSAI/Imports-2021 dated 17-06-2022
2
Upload all mandatory documents in e-Sanchit before out-of-charge: Certificate of Analysis — Drug (document code 0010dc), Batch Release Certificate (document code 0030dc), Label of Consignment (document code 0110dc), and Registration Certificate — Drugs (document code 101dc1). PGA-facilitated bills not routed through the PGA for NOC are subject to officer verification of each uploaded document.
CCR e-Sanchit document codes 0010dc, 0030dc, 0110dc, 101dc1, 0110FS, 911001 · CBIC Instruction 10/2022-Cus dated 28-06-2022
3
Include mandatory additional qualifiers in the import declaration for Chapter 28 commodities as required by CBIC Circular 23/2023-Cus, with effect from 15 October 2023. Non-inclusion of the qualifiers specified in paragraphs 4.1 and 4.2 of that circular renders the entry deficient and liable to detention.
CBIC Circular 23/2023-Cus dated 30-09-2023 · General Note 4(D) of Schedule I of ITC (HS) 2022

A word of counsel

Sodium nitrite straddles both the food-additive and industrial-chemical categories, and the most common error is assuming that a drug or industrial consignment is exempt from FSSAI Import Licence requirements simply because the declared end-use is non-food. Customs officers apply the FSSAI overlay to the tariff line regardless of declared end-use; an importer without a current FSSAI Import Licence faces consignment detention at the designated food-import port and cannot rectify a missing PGA clearance through the labelling-rectification dispensation, which applies only to label deficiencies, not absent licences.

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Frequently asked

Does HSN 2834 10 10 require BIS certification?

No. No BIS Quality Control Order covers sodium nitrite under this tariff line. Import is governed by the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India under the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006, with mandatory Chapter 28 additional qualifiers required by CBIC Circular 23/2023-Cus from 15 October 2023.

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

Seven document codes apply: FSSAI Import Licence (911001), Certificate of Analysis — Drug (0010dc), Batch Release Certificate (0030dc), Label of Consignment (0110dc), Specimen Copy of Label (0110FS), Registration Certificate — Drugs (101dc1), and Import Licence for Drugs (9111dc), all of which must be uploaded before out-of-charge.

Can labelling deficiencies be rectified at the port for this product?

Limited rectification is permitted under CBIC Instruction 09/2023-Cus and the FSSAI order dated 18-11-2022, but only for the specific labelling items listed under FSS (Labelling and Display) Regulations, 2020 — rectification must be done at a customs bonded warehouse by affixing a single non-detachable sticker without altering the original label.

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