Overview |
Registration |
Documents Required |
Validity |
Compliance |
Regulations |
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Food Safety Mitra |
Validity
FSSAI has launched Food Safety Compliance System in the States/UTs of Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Gujarat, Goa,
Odisha, Manipur, Delhi, Chandigarh and Ladakh with effect from 1st June 2020.
And in due course it will be launched in other states too.
Existing license holder are required to migrate their license to new system free of cost.
Validty : Application for registration can be submitted for at most 5 years and a minimum of 1 year. The fees prescribed is per annum. And it will be multiplied by years to achieve the total fees. Afterward, the license/ registration should be renewed at the same fees for a minimum of a year and a maximum of 5 years.
Renewal: After the expiry of current license or registration. It must be renewed.
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
1st : Wether the business is registered or not
2-3: State code
4-5: Year of enrollment
6-7: Quantity of enrolling master
8-14: Permit Number