FSSAI registration is a mandatory compliance used to ensure the safety of food products and it is essentially a food safety certificate issued by the food authority in India. FSSAI license is mandatory before starting any food business. All the manufacturers, traders, restaurants who are involved in food business must obtain a 14-digit registration or a license number which must be printed on food packages.

YPES OF FSSAI REGISTRATION/LICENSES?

A. BASIC REGISTRATION

Basic Registration can be obtained by every Petty Food Business Operator under the Form and applicable Regulation

Petty Food Business

(a) Food Business which 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; or

(b) 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

(i) production capacity of food (other than milk and milk products and meat and meat products) does not exceed 100 kg/ltr per day or

(ii) procurement or handling and collection of milk is up to 500 litres of milk per day or

(iii) slaughtering capacity is 2 large animals or 10 small animals or 50 poultry birds per day or less.

B. STATE LICENSE

State License can be obtained by all Food Business Operators which are not covered under Schedule 1 of FSS (Licensing and Registration of Food Businesses) Regulations, 2011 and whose annual turnover is not less than 12 Lakh rupees but upto 20 Crore rupees and by All grain, cereal and pulses milling units irrespective of turnover.

C. CENTRAL LICENSE

Central License can be obtained by all Food Business Operators Operating business in two or more States which are covered under Schedule 1 of FSS (Licensing and Registration of Food Businesses) Regulations, 2011 and whose annual turnover exceeds 20 Crore rupees.