SI No | Registrations / Licenses | Compliance |
1 | Product Title | Food License |
2 | Legal framework | Section 31 of Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006 |
3 | Regulatory Body | Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) |
4 | Insight / Objective | To regulate their manufacture, storage, distribution, sale and import, to ensure availability of safe and wholesome food for human consumption and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto |
5 | Types / Categories | There are 3 Types of Food License 1. Basic License 2. State License 3. Central License |
6 | Obligation | It is an obligation of food business operator to register and obtian food license before dealing with food products |
7 | Eligibility | All food business operators are eligible to obtain this license |
8 | Validity | A Food license can be applied for a maximum period of 5 Years and also can be applied a period less than 5 years (Such as 1 year, 2 Years / 3 Years / 4 Years / 5 Years) |
9 | Forms | An application for license to applied in Form – B through online portal. |
10 | Amendments / Renewal / Surrender | Amendments / Modification A Food license can be ammended for the following puposes with payment of nominal Fee: 1. Company basic details (such as address, phone number, email id etc.) 2. Inclusion / exclusion of food item 3. Production capacity details 4. Person responsible for operations and others. Renewal – An application for renewal of existing Food license has to submitted with respective department not earlier than 180 days but not less than 30 days prior to expiry date. – Renewal fee is same as fresh license. Surrender A food business operator can surrender their existing license in case of discontinuous of business. |
11 | Government Fee | Fresh Licenses Basic / Registration: Rs. 100 per year State License : Rs. 2,000 to 5,000 per year depends on production capacity & Turnovers Central License : Rs. 7,500 per Year Renewal |
12 | Penalty for Non-Compliance / Other Provisions / Guidelines | 1. Penalty for Sale of Food Items without valid Food License : Upto Rs. 5 (and / or) Imprisonment 2. Penalty for Non Renewal within Due Dates: i) Three times of the existing annual license/registration fee in the period – 1st day to 90th day from the original expiry date. ii) Additional two times of the existing annual license/registration fee (i.e. total 5 times) in the period – 91st day to 180th day from the original expiry date |
13 | Guidelines / Other Provisions | A food license operator can choose the following based on his business activity: 1. Petty Food Business Operators 2. Dairy Units including Milk Chilling Unit 3. Vegetable Oil Processing Units 4. Slaughtering House 5. Meat Processing 6. Manufacturing/Processing Unit 7. Proprietary Food 8. Food or Health Supplements and Nutraceuticals etc. 9. Radiation processing of food 10. Substances added to Food 11. Storage – Cold/Refrigerated Cold/refrigerated 12. Storage – Atmospheric Controlled + Cold Controlled Atmosphere 13. Storage Without Atmospheric Controlled + Cold 14. Transporter 15. Wholesaler 16. Distributor 17. Retailer 18. Hotel / Restaurants 19. Club/Canteen 20. Caterer 21. Food Vending Agencies 22. Importers 23. Exporters 24. Food Business Activities at premises of Airport/Seaport 25. Mid-day Meal Caterer 26. E-Commerce and Others |
14 | Checklist | Manufacturers 1. Production unit photographs 2. Blueprint / layout plan of the processing unit 3. List of Directors/Partners/Proprietor with contact Details 4. Name and List of Equipment’s and Machinery along with the number 5. Photo I.D and address proof issued by Government authority of Proprietor/Partner/Director(s)/Authorized Signatory. 6. Proof of possession of premises (Electricity Bill & Rental Agreement/Lease Deed/Sale Deed) 7. Certificate of Incorporation, MOA & AOA (Companies) / Partnership Deed (Partnership Deed) 8. IEC (Importer Exporter Code) – Mandatory for Exporters 9. Organization PAN 10. GST Certificate (If available) 11. Water Test Analysis Report (If water is used in the manufacturing process) 12. NOC from Local bodies Traders |
15 | Venn Timelines | Within 10 – 15 Working Days |
FAQ
Are different Licenses required to conduct different kind of food business activities at the same premise?
How to convert manually issued licenses/ registration to online during renewal of license?
My License/Registration is suspended or cancelled. Do I need to stop food business activities?
Do I need to obtain FSSAI License for utensils/packaging material meant for serving or packaging of food?
My License was cancelled. Can I apply for fresh License?
I have pulses/grains milling unit. What kind of license do I need to obtain?