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FSSAI Registration / License
Overview
FSSAI registration or license is mandatory for everyone involved in the food business, be it café services, restaurant services, export of food items, food processing, food manufacturing, packaging, trading, distribution, wholesale, storage, retail, dairy business etc you must acquire Fssai License or registration as applicable.
FSSAI Food safety Registration is mandatory for anyone who intends to do food business. This not only involves preparing food but everyone who handles food at various stages before it ultimately reaches the customer like raw materials, manufacturing, processing, Mess, Canteen packing and the distribution as well as the agencies who have authority to sell them.
In other words, an individual or a company that operates with food substances from farm to plate must obtain the FSSAI food licence.
The registration/licence is issued by the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI), an institution that monitors food businesses under the guidelines and regulations listed in the FSSAI Act 2006.
TYPES OF REGISTRATION
Basic Registration: Fssai Basic registration is applicable on sole proprietor, small businesses, having annual turnover below INR 12 Lakhs. As operations scale up and turnover reaches Rs. 12 Lakhs mark, the basic registration will need to be upgraded to state or central license, as applicable. As the name suggest, it is very basic registration, which is for small businesses and is valid in limited area of operations and for limited Kind of Businesses.
State License: Food Businesses having annual turnover between INR 12 Lakhs to INR 20 crores (up to INR 30 crores in some cases) can apply for FSSAI state license. Food business operators like small to medium-sized manufacturers, storage units, Transporters, Retailers, Restaurants Marketers, distributors etc. are however required to obtain the FSSAI State License Registration. Note: For state license there can be other conditions as well, like capacity in Metric tonnes, in number of vending machines, in number of operating vehicles etc.
Central License: Food Businesses having annual turnover above INR 20 crores or above, must apply for FSSAI central license. Eligible food Business Operators like Importers, seller of proprietary food items, manufacturers, operators in central government, railways, airports, seaports, etc. need to take a Central FSSAI license from Food Standards and Safety Authority of India. Note: For Central license there can be other conditions as well, like capacity in Metric tonnes, in number of vending machines, in number of operating vehicles, selling through e-commerce etc.
Benefits of fssai licence registration
Apart from the fact that FSSAI registration is mandatory for your food business, getting it also comes with some benefits:
- It creates trust and credibility among your customers.
- The FSSAI logo is widely recognised and hence it can ensure goodwill among consumers.
- Hygiene and cleanliness are regulated and followed when FSSAI registration is involved.
- You can create better work policies or improve them through studies that you get access to.
- New knowledge about the industry is shared with you which will help you to improve your safety standards and aid you in reaching the standards of international organisations.
Who is required to Apply for FSSAI License?
From street hawkers, road side stalls, home vendors to medium businesses, hotels, restaurants, road side dhaba to giant food chains, railways, airplanes, everyone operating in the food industry needs to register with FSSAI. Irrespective of whether you are operating online or offline, or whether you are a local player or into the import or export of food products, you need to register with FSSAI. Based on their size and the places they operate; they have to get one of the 3 types of registration/license discussed above.
If your business falls in any one of the below-listed categories (also known as Kind of Business or KOB, then a food licence is mandatory for you:
Manufacturer of: Dairy units, Vegetable oil and processing units, Slaughtering units, Meat processing units, Food or Health Supplements and Nutraceuticals etc., General Manufacturing, Proprietary Food, Non-specified food and food ingredients, Substances Added to Food, Radiation Processing of Food, 100 % Export Oriented units, exporters.
Trade/Retail: Storage, Wholesaler, Distributor, Transportation, Retailer, Food Vending Agencies, Importer, e-Commerce, Trader/Merchant.
Food Services: Petty Retailer of snacks/tea shops, Hawker, Mobile food vendor, Restaurants, Food Vending Establishment, Club/Canteen, Caterer, Hotel, Mid-Day meal – Caterer, Mid-Day meal – Canteen.
Documents required for FSSAI Registration.
Based on different types of registration and the food business that you are running, you have to submit different documents for registration.
Basic Registration Requirements
- Authorized person’s passport-sizes photograph [self-attested]
- Authorized person’s Aadhar card front and back [self-attested]
- Address proof of the business premises [rental agreement/previous month’s electricity bill/NOC from landlord]
- Declaration signed by the authorized person
State & Central Licence – General Requirements
- Phone No., Email, Address of directors/partners/proprietor
- Identity proof of directors/partners/proprietor (copy of Aadhaar and PAN)
- Address proof of the business premises (rental agreement/latest electricity bill/consent letter from landlord)
- Photograph of the premises (at least 5-6)
- Recall Plan
- FSMS Plan
- Form IX and Board Resolution (format to be provided by Startup Sampark)
State & Central Licence – Requirements on case to case basis
- Water test report
- List of machines, along with details and pictures
- Blueprint of the premises
- Latest audited financials
- Declaration in respect to turnover or number of operating vehicles
- Other declarations, as required, from case to case basis.
- Import export code
Startup sampark procedure for Food License Registration.
Food License or registration is very detailed procedure, which requires keen knowledge, procedure and team of professionals. Each Food license application has its tailored requirements. We at Startup Sampark have a full-fledged, dedicated team of professionals. You are required to fill the form and then our experts will reach out to you, to know the exact requirement and gather further information. Then our experts at STARTUP SAMPARK will be at your disposal for assisting you with guidance concerning Food License Registration and its compliances. Our professionals will assist you in planning seamlessly at the least cost, confirming the successful conclusion of the process. We shall guide you with Do’s and Don’t’s as well. We will begin working on your request once all the information is provided, and the payment is received.
Why STARTUP SAMPARK?
Startup Sampark is one of the platforms which coordinates to fulfil all your Secretarial, Legal, Licensing and Taxation requirements and connect you to consistent professionals. Our team consist of Chartered Accountants, Company Secretaries, Cost Accountants, Advocates, Patent and Designs Agents, Trademarks & Copyright Attorneys, Paralegals and other legal professionals.
We are a management consultancy and technology platform to simplify legal and business related matters. We are committed to help start-ups, small business owners and non-compliant businesses in solving their legal, secretarial and taxation compliance related to setting up and running the business smoothly and compliantly.
Our clients can also track the assignment progress at all times through a dedicated portal provided to you along with User Id and Password. You can comment and find the resolution and ask questions on the dedicated portal provided to you. If you have any questions about the Food License and registration process, our experienced representatives are just a call away.
- Step 1: Fill the query form.
- Step 2: Our Expert will connect with you
- Step 3: Make payment through hassle free payment portal
- Step 4: Get confirmation on mail and receive User Login and password
- Step 5: Submission of documents with us on our client portal
- Step 6: Executive will process your application
- Step 7: Track progress of your order all the time on our client portal
- Step 8: Greetings, Order completed
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FAQs
FSSAI licenses or registration issued to food businesses are valid for a period of 1 to 5 years (as applied for).
It is mandatory to apply for licence renewal 30 days before the expiry of the existing licence. Non-renewal of licences can fetch a fine of ₹100 per day until the renewal is done.
The government fee for Basic registration is INR 100/annum. For State license the government fee ranges from 2000/annum to 5000/annum. For Central license the government fee is 7500/annum. Maximum can be applied for 5 years.
Yes, you need Food license for every unit, you are managing the food business from.
The registered office of your company will need a central licence. Your manufacturing units will also need individual state licences for each business unit they are operating food functions from.
Yes, you do. You need a central licence registered from the address in the import import code.
Yes, you do. You need a central licence registered from the address in the import export code.
Yes, whether you manufacture, distribute, transport or trade food additives, you will need an FSSAI licence to do it.
Fssai license is sufficient to run the food business, however, you also need to obtain Trade license or Health Trade license (procedure and law is separate state wise, as per state law applicable). Trade license to be applied online on state government website.
It is mandatory for all catering establishments, even the railways, defence and airport to get an FSSAI licence.
Perhaps you have a few separate warehouses within one city, then you will need a separate license for each.
Yes, the process is 100% online. We will provide you with a dashboard in which you can comfortably track everything.
As long as you are involved in any process related to selling food, then yes, you need to get FSSAI registration for your home kitchen.
Although as per procedural requirements it should take between 30-60 days to obtain the license, however it can take lesser number of days as well.
FSSAI Basic Registration
₹1297/-All inclusive
What’s included?
- Basic reg application
- Professional support
- Dedicated team
- Reply to objection
FSSAI State License
₹4719All inclusive
What’s included?
- State license application
- Recall plan
- FSMS plan
- Other declarations
- Professional support
- Dedicated team
- Reply to objection
FSSAI Central License
₹13569All inclusive
What’s included?
- Central license application
- Recall plan
- FSMS plan
- Other declarations
- Professional support
- Dedicated team
- Reply to objection
- Detailed addition