FSSAI stands for the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India. It is an autonomous body that comes under the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare. It works on food safety and regulations in India. All food business operators are required to obtain an FSSAI license to operate the business in India.
How & Whom To Get An FSSAI License Online?
Any entrepreneur who wants to start a business in the food sector, be it food processing or food manufacturing, packaging or distributing, has to register for Food Safety and Standard Authority of India FSSAI. Every food business must register for an FSSAI License under the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006. eFilingSeva.com helps you register for an FSSAI License in 3 simple ways .
Basic FSSAI LICENSE
Ideal for small food businesses, petty retailers, juice shops and Snack Shop Annual Sales > 12 Lakh.
FSSAI License – State
- Hotel Providing loding , meals and Other Guest Services-upto Four Star Rating.
- Restaurants and bars having turnover of upto Rs.20 crores per year
- Club/Canteen
- Caterers having turnover of upto Rs.20 crores per year
- Food vending agencies having upto 100 vending machines in only 1 state
- Mid day meal caterers having turnover of upto Rs.20 crores
- Mid day meal canteens having turnover of more than Rs.12 lakhs per year
- Food product marketers with a turnover of upto Rs.20 crores per year
- Food retailers with a turnover of upto Rs.20 crores per year
- Food suppliers with a turnover of upto Rs.20 crores per year
- Food product distributors with a turnover of upto Rs.20 crores per year
- Food product wholesales with a turnover of upto Rs.30 crores per year
- Food transporters having upto 100 vehicles and a turnover of upto Rs.30 crores per year
- Dairy units processing over 500 liters of milk per day or 2.5 MT of milk solids per year
- Vegetable oil processing units with turnover of more than Rs.12 lakhs per year
- Slaughter house processing more than 50 poultry birds or 11 small animals or 3 large animals
- Meat processing unit with a capacity of more than 500kg of meat per day or 150 MT of meat per year
- All grains, cereals, pulses milling units without any limit on production capacity
- Food manufacturing or processing or packing unit with turnover of more than Rs.12 lakhs per year or production capacity of more than 100kg or 100 liters per day
- Cold storage unit with turnover of more than Rs.12 lakhs per year
- Cold + Atmospheric Controlled Storage with turnover of more than Rs.12 lakhs per year
- Storage unit with turnover of more than Rs.12 lakhs per year
FSSAI License – Central
Large food manufacturers / processors / transporters and importers of food products require central FSSAI license. Some of the types of entities that require FSSAI central license are:
- Five star hotels Restaurants with a turnover of more than Rs.20 crores per year
- Caterers with a turnover of more than Rs.20 crores per year
- Food vending agencies with more than 100 vending machines or having machines in two or more states
- Food product importers
- Food product exporters
- Selling food products through e-commerce
- Registered office of food business operators having operations in two or more state
- Food business activity in premises belonging to Central Government Agencies
- Departmental Canteens at the premises belonging to Central Government Institutions
- Food business activity in Airport or Seaport
- Food business activity in Railway Stations
- Food product marketers with turnover of more than Rs.20 crores per year
- Food product retailers with turnover of more than Rs.20 crores per year
- Food product suppliers with turnover of more than Rs.20 crores per year
- Food product distributors with turnover of more than Rs.20 crores per year
- Food product wholesalers with turnover of more than Rs.30 crores per year
- Food product transporters with turnover of more than Rs.30 crores per year and having more than 100 vehicles
- Proprietary or novel food manufacturers
- Mid-day meal caterers with a turnover of more than Rs.20 crores per year
- Food manufacturing or processing or packing unit with a production capacity of more than 2MT per day
- Dairy units with capacity to process more than 50,000 liters of milk per day or more than 2500MT of milk solids per year
- Vegetable oil processing units with a processing capacity of more than 2MT per day
- Slaughtering house with a capacity to process over 1000 birds or 150 small animals or 50 large animals per day
- Meat processing units with processing capacity of more than 500kg of meat per day or 150MT of meat per annum
- Cold storage units with a capacity of more than 10,000 MT
- Cold storage that is atmospheric controlled with a capacity of more than 1000 MT
- Food storage with a capacity of more than 50,000 MT
Documents Required for FSSAI Registration
Be it a food safety management registration or production license, there are some documents that should be submitted along with the FSSAI online application. Listed below are the mandatory paperwork for each type of FSSAI registration:
FSSAI BASIC License Registration
1.       An identity proof that contains a photograph (PAN, AADHAR CARD)
2.     A passport sized photograph
3.      Business Electricity Bill Latest
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State & Central License
Proof of address
a.     Import/export code
b.     A passport sized photograph
c.      A list of directors or partners or Proprietor
d.     Copy of All the Directors or Partners PAN, Aadhar Card, Mobile No, Email ID
e.     A certificate of incorporation
f.       The MoA and AoA of the business
g.     An identity proof that contains a photograph
h.     No Objection Certificate from the local municipality
i.       For manufacturing units, besides the above-listed documents, the following are also required:
·  The blueprint of warehouse, plant, etc.
·  A list of all machinery
·  Report of a water test
j.       List of all food categories
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