FSSAI Registration

FSSAI registration is required for everyone starting food business. It is required for all petty food business operator. Petty food business operator is any person or entity who:

• Manufactures or sells any article of food himself or petty retailer, hawker, itinerant vendor, juice stall, sweets shops or temporary stall holder;
• Hawker selling packaged or freshly prepared food by travelling on movable cart or foot from one location to other.
• Small scale or cottage or such other industries relating to food business or tiny food businesses with an annual turnover not exceeding Rs 12 lakhs and whose:
• Production capacity of food (other than milk and milk products and meat and meat products) does not exceed 100 kg/litre per day, or
• Procurement or handling and collection of milk is up to 500 litres of milk per day, or
• Slaughtering capacity is 2 large animals or 10 small animals or 50 poultry birds per day or less.

• FSSAI basic registration is required for small businesses which have annual turnover below INR 12 lakhs. This registration can be updated to license as the sales increase.
• FSSAI license is of two types- State FSSAI License and Central FSSAI License. The licensing authority changes basis the size and nature of business.
• State License is applicable to mid-sized companies which have annual turnover between INR 12-20 crores.
• Central License is applicable to large businesses with annual turnover above INR 20 crores. Apart from this, it is also required when the food products need to be supplied at government offices or imported/exported.

FSSAI license can be renewed 30 days before the expiry of the original license. Form A and form B need to be re-filed for the renewal of the application/license. It typically takes 30-40 days for the renewal of the license. The government fee is the same for renewal as for a new license issue.

All catering establishments, even those under the central Government such as Railways, Airport, Seaport, and Defense etc. will have to get a license from FSSAI. In most cases, such establishments need to get an FSSAI central license.

Food Safety Officer (FSO) or Designated Officer (DO) of the area in which food business registration is sought.

This step is taken by the government’s food licensing and registration system to ensure that food products undergo certain quality checks, thereby reducing the instances of adulteration, substandard products, and improving the accountability of manufacturers by issuing a food service license.

FSSAI license is mandatory for both export and import of food products. FSSAI Central License needs to be applied for the export unit.

Such a unit will need a Central License for the registered office of the company and individual state licenses for each manufacturing unit in particular states.

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