FSSAI REGISTRATION
Food Security and Standardization Authority of India (FSSAI) license is mandatory before starting any food business. This food License is location specific and is also term bound. 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.
This step is taken by government’s food licensing & registration system to ensure that food products undergo certain quality checks, thereby reducing the instances of adulteration, substandard products and improve accountability of manufacturers by issuing food service license.
TYPES OF LISCENCE:
- Basic Registration: Applicable for business having annual turnover of below Rs. 12 Lakh per annum.
- State License: Applicable for business having annual turnover of between Rs. 12 lakh-20 crore per annum.
- Central License:Applicable for business having annual turnover of above 20 crore per annum.
How to apply?
The process of application starts with identification of eligibility of the premises.
For manufacturers– depending upon the installed capacity
For other kind of business– depending upon the turnover and/or location,
Premises will be eligible for any of the following categories-
- Central license
- Eligible food business operators like importer, 100% EoU’s, agencies, airports, seaports, etc. need to take license from Central Authority.
- Central license issued by FSSAI Regional Offices operating across the nation.
- State License
- Eligible food business operators like manufacturers, storage, transporters, retailers, marketers, distributors, etc need to take license from the State Authority.
- State license is issued by State Authorities operating in each state.
Eligibility
| A. MANUFACTURERS | |||
| Sr. No. | Type of Business | Central License | State License |
| Dairy units | More than 50,000 liters liquid milk/day
OR 2500 MT of solid milk per annum |
501-50,000 LPD of milk
OR More than 2.5 MT-2500 MT of sold milk Per annum |
|
| Vegetable oil processing, refineries including oil expeller unit | More than 2 MT/day | Up to 2 MT/day
AND T/o above 12 lakhs |
|
| Slaughtering units | Large animals > 50/day
Small animals -150 or more/day Poultry birds -1000 or more/day |
Large animals – More than 2 up to 50
Small animals – More than 10 up to 150 Poultry birds – More than 50 up to 1000/day |
|
| Meat processing units | More than 500 Kg of meat/day
OR 150 MT per annum |
Up to 500 Kg meat/ day
OR 150 Mt per annum |
|
| All food processing units including relabellers and repackers | More than 2 MT/day EXCEPT grains, cereals, pulses milling units | More than 100Kg/Ltr- 20MT/day. All grains, cereals, pulses milling units | |
| Proprietary foods | All | – | |
| 100% Export Oriented units (EoU) | All | – | |
| B. IMPORTERS | |||
| Importing foods items including food ingredients and additives for commercial use | All | – | |
| C. OTHER BUSINESS | |||
| Storage EXCEPT controlled atmosphere and cold | Capacity > 50,000 MT | Capacity upto 50,000 MT | |
| Storage (cold/ refrigerated) | Capacity > 10,000 MT | Capacity upto 10,000 MT | |
| Storage (Controlled atmosphere and cold) | Capacity > 1,000 MT | Capacity upto 1,000 MT | |
| Wholesaler | T/o > 30 Crores | T/o upto 30 Crores | |
| Retailer | T/o > 20 Crores | T/o upto 20 Crores | |
| Distributor | T/o > 20 Crores | T/o upto 20 Crores | |
| Supplier | T/o > 20 Crores | T/o upto 20 Crores | |
| Caterer | T/o > 20 Crores | T/o upto 20 Crores | |
| Hotel | Five star hotel and above | Three star and above and below five star
OR Up to three star and T/o> 12 lakhs |
|
| Restaurant | T/o > 20 Crores | T/o upto 20 Crores | |
| Transporter | Having more than 10 vehicles or wagon
OR T/o > 30 Crores |
Having up to 100 vehicles or wagon
OR T/o upto 30 Crores |
|
| Marketer | T/o > 20 Crores | T/o upto 20 Crores | |
| Dhaba, Boarding houses serving food, Banquet hall with food catering arrangements, Home based canteens, Dabba wallas, Permanent or temporary stall holder, Food stalls, arrangements in religious gatherings, fairs etc.
Fish/meat/poultry stall or any food vending establishment. |
– | T/o > 12 lakhs/ annum | |
| Club/canteen | – | T/o > 12 lakhs/ annum | |
Fee structure for Central license:
The payment shall be made by the Food Business Operator through online transfer. The fees paid by the applicant shall not be refundable.
| Particulars | Amount of fees |
| New license | Rs. 7500 per year |
| Renewal license | Rs. 7500 per year |
| Modification license | Rs. 7500 per modification |
| Duplicate license | 10% of the applicable license fee |
Fee structure for State license:
| Particulars | Amount of fees |
| Manufacturer/Miller | |
| Above 1MT/day production | Rs. 5000 |
| 10001 to 50,000 LPD of milk
OR 2500 MT of solid milk per annum |
Rs. 5000 |
| Below 1MT of production | Rs. 3000 |
| 501 to 10,000 LPD of milk
OR 2.5 to 500 MT of solid milk per annum |
Rs. 3000 |
| Hotel up to 4 star | Rs. 5000 |
| All food service providers including restaurants, boarding houses, clubs etc. serving food, canteens, caterers, banquet halls with food catering arrangements, food vendors like dabbawallas etc. and other food business operators. | Rs. 2000 |
| Renewal of License | Depends upon no of years selected |
| Modification license | Fees for 1 per year per license modification |
| Duplicate license | 10% of the applicable license fee |
Procedure for Obtaining FSSAI Registration
- FSSAI registration is initiated by submitting Form A (application) to food and safety department.
- This application can be accepted or it may be rejected by the Department within 7 days from the application date and the fact has to be intimated to the applicant in writing
- If the application is accepted, then the department will grant a registration certificate with the registration number and the photo of the applicant.
- FBO should prominently display the certificate of registration at the place of business during the business hours.
People who require license:
- Food Business Operator: License / registration with FSSAI are mandatory for every Food Business Operator (FBO). Whether a FBO requires a License or registration depends upon the factors like capacity of production/ handling etc., nature of food business activities and area of operation. Before making an application to the authority FBO must undergo the eligibility search to understand whether it needs registration or license (State License/Central License).
- Importer of Food: Every person who is an importer has to apply for a central license at their address which has been registered with DGFT while obtaining Import Export Code. A food business carrying on business at different location needs to apply for separate license for each location. Thus each location will be issued a separate license except transporter where one license will be issued for all the vehicles of a single transporter/ business.
- Central Food License: In case a Food Business Operator is operating in more than two states, it has to obtain one additional central License for the Head Office/ Registered Office and separate license for each location, which will again depend upon the factors like capacity of production/ handling etc., nature of food business activities and area of operation.
Documents required:
- Declaration form
- Authority letter
- Copy of property letter (own property)
- Copy of rent agreement (rented property)
- Food safety management system or certificate
- Electricity/ Water bills
- Copy of Aadhar card/ Voter Id card of proprietor/ Partners/ Directors
- Form IX : Nominations of persons by a company along with Board Resolution
Additional document for manufacturer:
- Blue print or layout of the processing unit
- List of equipment and machinery
- List of food category desired to be manufactured
- Pesticide residues of water
FSSAI Number:
- The 14-digit number provides information about the manufacturer’s license or registration details and the manufacturing state which will be called as FSSAI NO.
- In case of imported food products, the importer shall display FSSAI logo and license number along with the name and address of importer on a sticker to be affixed before customs clearance.
- The Brand owner shall display the FSSAI logo and his license number on the label of food package.
Penalty for Non- Compliance
Listed is the penalty for various type of non-compliance:
| Sr. No. | Particulars | Fine |
| 1 | Food quality not in compliance with act | 2 Lakh
Petty manufacturer – 25,000/- |
| 2 | Sub-standard food | 5 Lakh |
| 3 | Misbranded Food | 3 Lakh |
| 4 | Misleading advertisement or false description | 10 Lakh |
| 5 | Extraneous matter in food | 1 Lakh |
| 6 | Failure to comply with Food safety officer direction | 2 Lakh |
| 7 | Unhygienic processing or manufacture | 1 Lakh |
-Juhi Ganatra (Article Assistant)
M/s. SSRPN & Co. Nagpur
