Food/FSSAI Registration

FSSAI basically stands for the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India. It is the governing and regulatory body for ensuring the safety of food products delivered to the consumers. Sometimes it is also referred to as the Food Authority of India. The Food Safety and Standards Act empowers FSSAI to exercise the powers. In addition to carrying out the functions specified to them by the Government of India as well as the Ministry of Health and Family Affair.

The type of License, however, ranges based on the production and turnovers of your food business. There are three types of licenses available for FSSAI –

The Simple FSSAI Registration for small and minimum requirement businesses.
The FSSAI Food Safety License for Medium Scale businesses with a decent turnover or production capacity
The FSSAI Food Central License – This License of mandatory for bigger companies where the turnovers and production capacities are huge.

FSSAI BASIC REGISTRATION:

Food businesses with very small scale operations localized one particular area of the city and don’t exceed their annual turnover by ₹12 Lakh have to go for a basic FSSAI registration.

FSSAI STATE LICENSE:

Food businesses with small to medium scale operations will need to acquire the state FSSAI license. FBO’s who are able to generate annual turnover between ₹12 Lakhs to ₹20 crores.

FSSAI CENTRAL FOOD LICENSE:

This license applicable for if food business owners have multiple branches of a restaurant or any other food joint with branches spreading across the multiple states and who generate an annual turnover of over ₹20 crores.