FSSAI Registration or License, whether the state licence or Central License, applies to every food business operator (FBO). Call us to know the applicability of FSSAI Registration or License to your food business.

Checklist/Documents required

Certificate of Incorporation
MOA & AOA
PAN Card
List of Directors
Board Resolution
Form IX: Nomination Form
List of Food Products
Government Issued Photo Identity Card
Address Proof
Email ID & Mobile Mo (For OTP)
Educational Qualification
Sale Deed/ Rent agreement
Electricity Bill Not Older than two months

Process for Food License registration in India

Eligibility Check

The process starts with the eligibility check of the applicant FBO. In this, Our experts at Sterling will discuss the nature of the proposed business plan in detail and help you find your eligibility as per your proposed requirements.

Documentation & Drafting

Once it is determined that you need food registration. Our expert at Sterling will provide you with a list of documents. Based on the requirement Sterling team will help you with draft documents for the necessary signature.

Online Application Filing

The online filing will be made by filing Form-A at the online portal of foscos.fssai.gov.in. In this course, we will interact with you for OTP

Payment of Government Fee

Once the application is filled and the documents are uploaded in the document section, the payment of the registration fee is made, and a reference number is generated. It is a temporary number to track the status of the application.

Track status of FSSAI Application

Our team will keep an eye on status of the application online. Usually, licencing authorities grant registration within seven days of the application filing, but if they come for inspection of premises, it will delay the grant of Food registration. On inspection, registering authority may raise the clarification in the application requiring modification, addition or deletion in the application.

Reply to Clarification

Our team post discussion with you will file clarification that need to filed within 30 days from the date when raising clarification. The Sterling team will coordinate with you at the time of such clarification to resolve the same.

Grant of Registration

On approval of the application, the Registration Certificate and photo ID Card will be issued to the applicant, which has to be displayed at a conspicuous place at the food business premises. Registration certificate has a photo FBO, Q.R. code and 14 digits FSSAI registration number that starts with numeric 2.

Timeline for Grant of FSSAI Registration

Timeline for grant of Registration Certificate after making an application with the registration authority will depend on whether the registration authority wants to inspect the applicant’s premise. The timelines are as under:

The registration authority issues a registration certificate within seven days of making an application if it does not want to inspect the premises.
Suppose the registration authority intends to inspect the applicant’s premise. In that case, the inspection must be conducted within 30 days of the date of application and registration to be issued if premises are found in order.
A petty Food manufacturer may start its business without a registration certificate if registration is not granted or denied or the inspection not ordered within seven days, or no decision is communicated within 30 days of the date of applying.
It is to be noted that the grant of registration will be subject to the satisfaction of the FSSAI authority responsible for food registration. The mere filing does not mean the food registration will be granted

Frequently Asked Questions

1. What is a FSSAI Registration?

It is basic food registration required by a petty food manufacturer. No food business operator can start its food business without seeking registration if its business falls in the category of registration. It has a validity period and must be renewed before its expiry to continue the said food business. The validity of registration varies from one year to five years as per the choice of FBO.

2. How do I know the applicability criteria and Kind of Food Business category for my food business?

We have discussed the kind of food business and the applicability criteria in detail on the page. Understanding the basics of food licence, you may refer to the same for a general understanding. Further, the experts at Setindiabiz will help you to finalise the same.

3. What are the criteria for registration?

Every petty food manufacturer requires registration. Petty food operator means any business operator who

Manufactures and sells any article of food himself or distributes food including in any religious or social gathering. For example, petty Retailers, hawkers, itinerant vendors, or temporary stall holders do not include caterers.
All the other food business operators whose annual turnover is Rs 12 lacs or less provided they are not engaged in processing and manufacturing food.
Food business operator engaged in manufacturing and processing of the food and the production capacity is as under:
1. Production capacity of food other than meat and meat products and milk and milk products is not more than 100 kg/ litre per day
2. If in dairy business procurement or handling and collection of milk is up to 500 litres of milk per day.
3. If the FBO is in the meat business, the slaughtering capacity is 50 poultry Birds per day or ten small animals or two large animals or less

4. Who grants registration certificates?

The registration authority grants food registration certificates. The registering authority is a Food safety officer or any officer in the panchayat, municipal corporations or any other local body or Panchayat area notified by the State food Commissioner for registration.

5. What is the maximum time for the grant of a Registration Certificate after applying?

Registering authority may grant registration within seven days of the receipt of the application for registration or issue notice of inspection within the said period of 7 days, or it may reject with reasons to be recorded in writing. The registration authority cannot refuse the food registration without giving a valid reason in writing for its rejection.

After due satisfaction with the safety, hygiene, and sanitary condition of the premises, on inspection, the Registering Authority grants the Food registration within 30 days.

A petty Food manufacturer may start its business without a registration certificate if food registration is neither denied nor any inspection ordered within seven days, and nor any action taken on the application within 30 days of the date of applying.

6. In what circumstances will the application be rejected?

The registration authority may reject the registration application where the reply to the clarification is not filed within 30 days of raising such clarification.

7. What are the General Hygienic and Sanitary Practices to be followed by a registered FBO?

The General Hygienic and Sanitary Practices to be followed by a registered FBO is prescribed in Schedule 4, Part I of Food Safety And Standards (Licensing And Registration Of Food Businesses), Regulations 2011.

8. What is the penalty for running a food business without an FSSAI?

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