The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) certificate has now become mandatory for all manufacturers, traders, restaurants and those who are involved in food business, commonly termed as Food Business Operators (FBOs). Therefore, any organized food manufacturing or processing or packaging or distributing entity is now required to obtain a FSSAI License before commencing business.
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Sign up on the FSSAI FBO sign up portal. Affidavit and declaration by first subscribers and Directors should be prepared.
Fill the prescribed form and submit it to generate a unique reference ID for your application.
After due verification and inspection by the authorities, licence is granted to the applicant.
Acknowledgement is generated after submitting the application which is to be submitted to the concerned State Authority or Regional Office of Food Safety and Standards Authority of India along with the supporting documents and prescribed fee.
FSSAI registration is a licence granted by the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India that allows businesses to carry on business activities in relation to food manufacturing or processing or packaging or distributing.
The application for FSSAI License in the prescribed format along with identity and address proof of the promoters, proof of possession of the premises where the food business is undertaken and the entity’s incorporation certificate or registration certificate must be submitted. In case of food manufactures or processors, additional information such as list of equipment, layout of the unit, category of foods manufactured, etc., maybe required.
Operating food business without FSSAI registration is punishable with imprisonment of upto six months and also with a fine of not more than five lakh rupees.
No. Petty retailer, hawker, itinerant vendor or a temporary stallholder or small scale or cottage or such other industries relating to food business or tiny food business operator are exempt from obtaining FSSAI License.
Food licence is granted for 1 or 2 years and can be renewed later.
Yes, it is legally mandatory for all food business start-up to get FSSAI license/registration to commence their business.
FSSAI license can be mainly divided into two categories, state level license and central license. Hotels, Restaurants, Millers with production of less than 1MT per day and other small or medium scale manufactures come under the state level license. Food importers, caterers catering to Railways, Air, Defense establishments and large scale food manufacturers come under the purview of the central license.
Company’s proposed name should be unique i.e., it should not be identical to any existing name. Names that infringe others’ rights, trademarks or patents are likely to be rejected by ROC
There will be different license issued under FSSA as requirement of each product is different.
