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Food Safety Mitra

Who are FSM

Individuals or organizations that are licensed by FSSAI to perform a limited task for Food Business Operators in respect of the implementation of FSS act, rules, and regulations.

Types of FSM

Digital Mitra: Individuals with an entrepreneurial mindset and IT skills can help food businesses with their compliances.

Hygiene Mitra: Domain experts from the food industry are encouraged to get associated under FSM to become hygiene auditors.

Trainer Mitra: Any persons who are in the food business or food professionals can be certified as Food Safety trainers.

Their Roles and responsibilities

Digital Mitra

Filing of a new application for License/Registration
Further online correspondence regarding queries raised by Authorities
Filing application for modification of License/Registration
Filing of Annual Returns/ Declarations
Filing applications for approval of Product/ label/ Advertisement Claim
Filing appeal for revocation of Suspended Licenses/Registration

Trainer Mitra

Conducting training of food safety supervisors
Conducting training at Eat Right Campuses
Conducting training of food safety personnel in businesses on demand

Hygiene Mitra

To audit the hygiene of FBO outlets as per prescribed guidelines
To help FBOs with the implementation of hygiene guidelines
To train the food safety supervisors and food handlers about safe & hygienic food handling practices

Service Charges

Filing of the registration application, modification & annual declaration for registration Rs 100/-
Filing of licensing application, modification& annual returns for license Rs 500/-
Training - basic level I advanced level I special level To be negotiated by Trainer Mitra Rs 2000/- for FBOs with Less than 15 employees* Not to exceed Rs 5000/- for FBOs with More than or equal to 15 employees*
Hygiene audit To be negotiated by Hygiene MitraRs 2000/- for FBOs with Less than 15 employees* Not to exceed Rs 5000/- for FBOs with More than or equal to 15 employees*

Overview

The government of India through the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has established the Food Safety Standards Authority of India for providing food safety-related services to the food business operators and citizens of our country.

The authority is working with the mission of setting global standards of food and encouraging and ensuring the business to follow these standards and adopt good hygiene and finally enabling the citizens to eat safe and eat right. The government has established various regulations to be followed by food business operators to achieve its objective.

Any business who is planning to start a business in which any eatables are produced, transported, stored, sold through retail or wholesale needs to get themselves registered with the authority and comply with the standards laid down.

The license number alloted is of 14 digits with following significance