FSSAI Food License

This section provides an introduction to the Food Safety & Standards Authority of India (FSSAI), as well as a brief overview of the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006, and its associated rules and regulations.

Following FSSAI Registration or License:-

(A.) Registration:-

• Manufactures or sells any article of food himself or a petty retailer, hawker, itinerant vendor or temporary stall holder; or distributes foods including in any religious or social gathering except a caterer.
• Such other food businesses including 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/or whose
• Production capacity of food (other than milk and milk products and meat and meat products) does not exceed 100 kg/ltr 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.

(B.) Central Licensing:-

• Dairy units including milk chilling units equipped to handle or process more than 50,000 litres of liquid milk/day or 2500 MT of milk solid per annum.
• Vegetable oil processing units and units producing vegetable oil by the process of solvent extraction and refineries including oil expeller unit having installed capacity more than 2 MT per day.
• All slaughter houses equipped to slaughter more than 50 large animals or 150 or more small animals including sheep and goats or 1000 or more poultry birds per day.
• Meat processing units equipped to handle or process more than 500 kg of meat per day or 150 MT per annum.
• All food processing units other than mentioned under (I) to (IV) including relabellers and repackers having installed capacity more than 2 MT/day except grains, cereals and pulses milling units.
• 100 % Export Oriented Units.
• All Importers importing food items including food ingredients and additives for commercial use.
• All food business operators manufacturing/ processing/ importing any proprietary food for which NOC has been given by FSSAI.
• Registered/ Head office of FBOs operating in two or more states.
• Food catering services in establishments and units under Central government Agencies like Railways, Air and airport, Seaport, Defence etc.
• Hotels with 5 star and above accreditation.
• All E-commerce food businesses.

(C.) State Licensing:-

• All FBOs except mentioned in Column 1 and 2
• All grains, cereals and pulses milling units.

Food License Certificate Number:-

All the Food Business Entities, on getting registered with the FSSAI, are given an independent 14-Digit registration number. It is needed by law that they get this published on every package of the food item. Along with the FSSAI Logo. All Restaurants, Hotels and Eateries need to keep this FSSAI Certificate on display at a famous place in all business hours. It shows to the customers that this business is reliable and certified. Also, have gone by various safety checks, needed as per the Act and ensures them of the security of food items they are purchasing which is free from contamination and other risks.

Food Licence Validity :-

FSSAI license validity ends between 1 – 5 years and it relies on the number of years which is selected by the food administrator. The cost of the permit anyway increments with the amount of years which he has connected for. According to the FSSAI rules, the FBO requires to apply for the renewal of the license in 30 days and it should be done before its expiry.