FSSAI Registration

FSSAI Registration - An Overview

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Food is a vital sector for our economy, being an essential commodity for life. Everyone needs it. It is a well-settled rule that the demand for an item gives rise to business opportunities. Thus, many petty food manufacturers like Hawkers, a temporary stallholder or itinerant vendor or a small FBO carrying out its business within the state and having an annual turnover below 12lacs. All these businesses need to register themselves with FSSAI before the commencement of their business. Food registration is mandatory for these petty food manufacturers and small FBOs to regulate the quality of food products and ensure that FBOs could provide healthy, wholesome and hygienic food to all.

FSSAI Registration: The Food registration is the basic registration with FSSAI of a FBO. It is required by petty food manufacturers or the FBO having a turnover of less than Rs 12 Lakhs unless the FBO is covered under mandatory state or central licencing. Kindly refer to our detailed discussion on applicability at : Applicability of FSSAI Registration or License on your Food Business.

Annual Return

No annual return filing is required in case of FSSAI Registration.

Exemptions

Those producers of milk are granted exemption from Food registration who supplies or sells the whole milk to dairy Cooperative Society registered under Cooperative Societies Act and is a registered member of it.

Eligibility for FSSAI Registration

Petty Food Manufacturer must apply for Registration / Renewal of Registration under Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006. The condition laid down to fall under the definition of Petty Food Manufacturer is as under:

  • Sells or manufactures any article of food himself or temporary stall holder or a petty retailer, hawker, itinerant vendor o; or distributes foods including in any religious or social gathering except caterers or Average annual turnover is less than 12 lacs and/or
  • FBO engages in manufacturing or processing
  • Production capacity of food (other than meat and meat products and milk and milk products )does not exceed 100 kg/ltr per day.
  • Procurement or handling and collection of milk up to 500 litres of milk per day or2.5MT solid milk p.a.
  • Slaughtering capacity for animals is two large animals or ten small animals or 50 poultry birds per day or less.

    • 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.