We all are well aware of the culture of today’s society. Nowadays both husband and wife are working, or both parents are working so they do not have much time for daily household works and they want to be quick and easier solutions for food. This need of the hour has given a boast to Packaged Food Industry and Ready to Eat Products. This has led to the establishment of Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) which is an autonomous body and is run and govern under the establishment of Ministry of Health & Family Welfare which is part of Government of India.
The primary aim of FSSAI is to ensure that all the laws and regulations laid down by the ministry are being followed by the agencies providing us food. Thus you need to have a License from the FSSAI for which you need to file an application for the FSSAI Registration. This license is required and is a mandate for all businesses that are producers of any kind of food and it is irrespective of the turnover of the organization. The license has a unique 14 digit number which is called as FSSAI Registration Number. There is also a mandate that this number has to be printed on every package of the food that the organization produces or channelizes.
Types of FSSAI License:
Basic License: This License can be obtained for the business whose turnover is below INR 12 Lakhs annually. The duration in which a basic License can be obtained is three working days.
State License: The two conditions where you need to have a state FSSAI License are if the turnover of your business is between 12 Lakhs to 20 Crores annually or if you are the manufacturer then;
- If you are producing Dairy Product and you produce 2.5 to 2500 Metric Tonnes of Milk Solid every year.
- If you are Vegetable Oil Processing Units, and you are producing 2 Metric tonnes per day.
- For other manufacturers, if you produce 100 Kg to 2 Metric tonnes per day.
If you are not a manufacturer then;
- For Normal Storage, if the capacity is up to 50,000 metric tonnes.
- For Cold Storage, if the capacity is up to 10,000 metric tonnes.
- For atmosphere controlled Storage, if the capacity is up to 1,000 metric tonnes.
- For the wholesaler if turnover is up to 30 crores.
- For transporter, if no. of vehicles is up to 100.
- For hotel business up to 4-star rating.
The duration in which state License can be obtained is 30 to 60 days at maximum.
Central License: It is applicable to the business whose turnover is more than 20 Crores annually. For manufacturers and non-manufacturers if the limits exceed the limit prescribed for state license then they need to have a Central FSSAI License. Anyone who wants to do an Import-Export business of food must also have Central FSSAI License without which they can’t do legal import or export business. The central License can be obtained in 20 to 30 working days’ time.
Documents Required for FSSAI Registration:
- Aadhar Card of Business owner.
- Scan copy of the signature of owner.
- Details of business activity.
- Declaration of Business place
- Scan copy of Photographs of owner
- MOA/AOA if Applicable
- Declaration Form
- NOC from the brand owner in case of repackaging
- NOC from the property owner
- Blue Print of a factory.
- If applicable Product Testing Reports.
- Also if applying for a central license you need to show your audited balance sheets.
- IEC code needs to be shown in case the business is of Import- Export.
FSSAI Registration Process:
- The first step is to fill Form A. attach the KYC details of the owner and select a business activity.
- Then you need to submit the declaration and select food items.
- The third step is to pay for the fees via challan.
- Then you need to respond resubmission received from FSSAI.
- Then remain in touch with the FSSAI Department on a regular basis to answer any objection raised or solve any query.
- FSSAI Inspector will come to your business place and do the inspection and observe things carefully and silently.
- Then if the inspector is satisfied and all the information stated through documents are correct then the FSSAI Department will issue a license of the type applicable in accordance with the laws and policies.
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