Eligibility And Applicability Criteria For FSSAI Registration And Licensing :
FSSAI, as we know, stands for Food Safety and Standards Authority of India. This authority ensures that all those who are in the food business, including those involved in manufacturing, processing, storage, distribution, sale, and import of food, follow certain set standards and guidelines that are scientifically based, which ensures that food product is hygienic, has met the quality standards and can be safely consumed by humans.
The FSSAI further has two kinds of approval procedures, one is a licence and the other is a registration. A registration is usually for all those involved in petty food businesses and a license is for all others who are in the food business but do not classify as a petty food business and thus, do not fit in the criteria for a registration. Further, the FSSAI license has two types, the State FSSAI Licence and the Central FSSAI License.
An FSSAI licence application or a registration is carried out by the submission of the necessary documents but first, requires the food business operators to fit into the eligibility criteria and these criteria decide whether they need to apply for a registration or licence and if a licence, then whether State or Central.
Eligibility for Applying for an FSSAI Registration
Petty food business operators (FBOs) are eligible to apply for FSSAI registration and these include-
Those who manufacture or sell food items either themselves or via a retailer, hawker, itinerant vendor or a temporary stall owner.
Those who distribute food, which also includes, in any religious or social gathering except a caterer.
Other food businesses including small scale or cottage industry or such other industries relating to food business or tiny food businesses with an annual turnover not exceeding Rs 12 lakhs and those whose:
Production capacity of food, other than milk and milk products and meat and meat products, does not exceed 100 kg/ltr per day.
Procurement or handling and collection of milk is up to 500 litres of milk per day or up to 2.5 metric ton (MT) of milk solids per annum.
Vegetable oil processing units, including units that are producing vegetable oil by the process of solvent extraction and refineries including oil expeller unit with a turn over of up to 100 kg or ltr per day.
Meat processing units with a production of more than 100 kgs per day or 30 MT per day.
Slaughtering capacity is 2 large animals or 10 small animals or 50 poultry birds per day or less.
All food processing units other than mentioned above including repackers with a capacity of up to 100 Ltr /Kg per day.
Cold storage including the Storage Excluding Controlled Atmosphere+ Cold as well as cold and refrigerated storage and cold storage which is temperature controlled, each having a turn over of up to Rs 12 lakhs per annum.
Wholesalers, retailers, distributors, and suppliers having an annual turnover of up to Rs 12 lakhs.
Dhaba owners and other food vending establishments along with clubs and canteens having up to Rs 12 lakhs turnover per annum.
Hotels and Restaurants with a turnover of up to Rs 12 lakhs per annum.
Transporters with an annual turnover of up to Rs 12 lakhs.
Eligibility for Applying for an FSSAI Licence
A licence is for food business operators that do not classify as petty food businesses. Often the amount of business the FBOs do, in terms of income and their yearly production capacity often makes them eligible for a licence. The FSSAI licence is further of two types, a State FSSAI Licence and a Central FSSAI Licence.
The eligibility for food business operators for a State FSSAI Licence include-
Dairy units, including milk chilling units that are equipped to handle or process milk from 501 litres per day (LPD) to 50,000 LPD or 2.5 million tons (MT) to 2,500 MT of milk solids per annum.
Vegetable oil processing units and also units that vegetable oil by the process of solvent extraction and refineries, which include oil expeller unit that produces up to 2 MT per day or have an annual turnover of Rs 12 lakh and above.
Slaughtering units that a have a capacity in case of large animals of more than 2 and up to 50; for small animals capacity more than 10 and up to 150 and for poultry birds capacity more than 50 and up to 1000 per day.
Meat processing units that have a capacity of upto 500 kg of meat per day or of 150 MT per annum.
All food processing units which even includes relabellers and repackers that have a capacity of more than 100 kg per ltr and up to 2 MT per day and includes all grains, pulses and cereals milling units.
Storage businesses excluding that which have controlled atmosphere and cold, that have a capacity of up to 50,000 MT. For storages that are cold and refrigerated, the eligibility criteria is a capacity of more than 10,000 MT and for storages that have cold and controlled atmosphere too, the eligibility capacity is more than 10,000 MT.
Wholesalers that have an annual turnover of up to 30 crores.
Retailers, distributors, suppliers as well as caterers with a turnover of up to 20 crores per annum.
Dhaba owners, or owners of other food vending establishments as well as clubs and canteens that have an annual turnover of 12 lakhs.
Hotels that have a minimum of 3 star rating and below 5 star.
Restaurants that have a turnover of up to Rs 20 crores.
Marketers that have a turn over annually of 20 crores.
Transporters that have a minimum of 100 vehicles or wagons, or an annual turn over of up to 30 crores.
The eligibility for food business operators for applying for a Central FSSAI Licenceinclude-
Dairy units including milk chilling units that are equipped to handle or process more than 50,000 litres of liquid milk per day or 2500 MT of milk solid per annum.
Vegetable oil processing units and units producing vegetable oil by the process of solvent extraction and refineries including oil expeller units that have a capacity of processing more than 2 MT per day.
Slaughtering units which handle more than 50 large animals or 150 small animals or more than 1000 poultry birds per day.
Meat processing units that are processing more than 500 kg of meat per day or 150 MT per annum.
All food processing units including re-labellers and repackers that are processing more than 2 MT per day except grains, cereals and pulses milling units.
All manufacturers of proprietary foods.
All 100% Export oriented units.
All importers who are importing food items including food ingredients and additives for commercial use.
Storage units other than those having controlled atmosphere and cold environment having capacity of more than 50,000 MT. Cold or refrigerated storage units having a capacity of more than 10,000 MT and controlled atmosphere + cold storage having a capacity of more than 1,000 MT.
Wholesalers having a turnover of more than.30 crores per annum.
Retailers, distributors, suppliers and caterers having an annual turnover of more than Rs.20 crores.
Hotels that have a five-star rating and above.
Restaurants having a turnover of more than Rs.20 crores per annum.
Transporters having more than 100 vehicles or turnover of more than Rs.30 crores per annum.
Marketers having turnover of more than Rs.20 crores per annum.
Storage or Wholesalers or Retailers or Distributors having premises in Central Government Agencies.
Food catering services in establishments and units under Central Government Agencies like Defence, etc.
Food catering services at seaport located at Kandla, Tuticorin, Vishakhapatnam, Kolkata, Marmagoa, Cochin, Mumbai, Chennai, JNPT and/or airport located at Kolkata, Trichy, Mumbai, Delhi, Chennai, Amritsar, Cochin, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Trivandrum and Ahmedabad.
Steps for FSSAI Registration
Step 1: Visit the online website, http://foodlicensing.fssai.gov.in. On priority, you must check your eligibility criteria; whether you are eligible for a State License, a Central License, or a Basic License.
| FSSAI LICENSE | TURNOVER CRITERIA |
|---|
| Basic License | Up to 12 lakh |
| Central License | Greater than 20 crores |
| State License | Up to 20 crores |
Depending on the turnover, a person applying for an FSSAI license can be eligible for one of the above.
Step 2: After opening the website and checking which license you are eligible for, proceed to click on the “sign- up’ option. Input the required information along with a valid phone number and Email ID in the sign- up form.
Step 3:
Choose a username and password which will complete the sign- up. Logging in will allow you to have an account on the FSSAI webpage.
Step 4: log-in into your FSSAI accounts after getting an SMS or E-mail confirmation for your new FSSAI account. It is worth noting that the account made will be valid for only 30 days after which there is an automatic deactivation. The account user must register for the FSSAI license within the completion of a month.
Step 5: After logging in to your FSSAI account, go to the FSSAI license registration at https://foodlicensing.fssai.gov.in/index.aspx and input the relevant information. Another important note is that one should complete the FSSAI registration process on the go. If done otherwise, then the form will be considered incomplete and then rejected, and you will have to start the process all over again.
Step 6: Before submitting the completed form, make a copy of it and take a print out of the same. Keeping a hard copy of the registration form will allow you to remember the information that you provided and also help in future reference if needed.
Step 7: After applying for the FSSAI, you will see a reference number on the form. Note down or save the number as it is required to help you track the progress of the FSSAI license registration form.
Step 8: Finally, after successfully printing out the registration form and taking a print out, you have to submit the printed online application form to the regional authority or state authority with all the additional supportive documents attached.
Note that you must duly submit the form within 15 days from the day of online submission of the FSSAI license registration form for consideration.
By following these steps, anyone who is in the food business can apply and register for an FSSAI food license.
Documents required for FSSAI License Registration
For the FSSAI registration process, there are certain documents that you must prepare and procure.
These documents are evidence to establish your legitimate food business.
The documents required to FSSAI license registration are as follows:
You will require to present the form which is completed and is signed and attested by the restaurant owner or the proprietor.
As the owner, you will need identity proof, in any way like Aadhaar card, voters ID card, driver’s license.
Address proof of the location of the restaurant or business which is issued by a Government authority.
If the business or company has other directors and/ or shareholders, then the Identity proof of each member or partner must also be provided.
A valid Email ID and a valid phone number is a must. If the company or startup has a phone and e-mail of its own, then both e-mails and phones numbers of the opener and the startup must be provided.
A plan form of the food safety management must be procured and attached. If you don’t have one, then you can easily acquire it by visiting the nearest notary or merely downloading the document online.
As your business or startup will be in a specific area or premise, proof of possession of the said premise must be attached. The evidence of the position of premise can be given by presenting a sales deed, rent agreement, electricity bill, and others such as these for the startup.
Another document that you need is a national occupational classification or a NOC from a municipal corporation or any such local bodies.
If you have a high- end upgraded kitchen, then a floor plan of the kitchen may be presented. It does not apply to smaller startup and kitchens.
If you have multiple partners who run the food eatery or business alongside you, then the partnership deed should be presented. If the business operates from some other premise, then an Affidavit of Proprietorship can also be attached with the registration form.
Every kitchen and food business has a unique selling point. So, make sure an attachment of the list of food category is there with the rest of the necessary documentation.
A list of the different types of heavy kitchen equipment (if any) should also be submitted. Especially if the food enterprise is one which focuses on large scale manufacturing.
Finally, the medical certificates of all the employees and partners need to be provided to ensure hygiene and quality checks.
Not all the document will be readily available for the different types of food businesses. Smaller startups will not need some of the documents mentioned above.What is essential is to provide all the documents that you can procure for the FSSAI license registration.
After completing the steps for FSSAI registration, the process of verification will begin, and if you manage to check all the boxes, then you will in receive your FSSAI license through your provided email.
Cost for a new FSSAI License
In the food industry, there are several different posts. Some are small, while others are more substantial enterprises. Regardless, it is vital to procure an FSSAI food license to continue the business.
The fee for a new FSSAI food license varies depending on the production or turnover by the manufactures/millers.
| PRODUCTION TIER | FEES (PER YEAR) |
Greater than 1 MT per day of production | Rs. 5000 /- |
Below 1 MT of production | Rs. 3000 /- |
Hotels with 4 stars or less | Rs. 5000 /- |
Rest of the foodservice providers (restaurants, boarding houses, clubs, canteens, colleges, offices, institutions, banquet halls with food catering, roadside food vendors like dabbawallas and dhabas and other food business operators) | Rs. 2000 /- |
The fees are subject to change as per the Department of Food Safety. Mention of all prices and requisite charges are on the FSSAI website http://foodlicensing.fssai.gov.in
What is the fees for Fssai license?
Fee Structure
| Application Types | Central (1 Year) | Registration (1 Year) |
| New Application | Rs. 7500 | Rs. 100 |
| Renewal Application | Rs. 7500 | Rs. 100 |
| License/Certificate Modification | Rs. 7500 | Rs. 100 |
Documents required for FSSAI Registration Process
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 Registration An identity proof that contains a photograph
- A passport sized photograph
- State & Central License Proof of address
- Import/export code
- A passport sized photograph
- A list of directors or partners
- A certificate of incorporation
- The MoA and AoA of the business
An identity proof that contains a photograph
No Objection Certificate from the local municipality
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
List of all food categories
Who requires a Food License?
Every Food Business Operator is required to be licensed/registered under the FSSAI. FSSAI Registration is required by small businesses like hawkers, petty retailers, etc whose annual turnover is less than Rs.12 lakhs per year. All food businesses exceeding this annual turnover limit of Rs 12 lakhs per year require a FSSAI License.
Whether you are a small scale or large scale business, you need to obtain FSSAI State License or FSSAI Central License, according to your requirement. Usually, large manufacturers, exporters, importers, etc obtain Central Licence while mid-sized entities like transporters, traders, etc need State Licence.
If your business falls in any one of the below-listed categories, then a food license is mandatory for you.
– Procurement
– Manufacture
– Distribution
– Processing
– Packaging
– Storage
To be more elaborate, any individual or a company that operates with food substances from farm to plate must obtain the FSSAI food license. A more detailed list of those who require FSSAI registration Certificate is here:
-Hotels
– Wholesaler
– Restaurants
·Food chains
·Food sellers and resellers
·Dairy and dairy processing
·Food importers and exporters
·Processors like pickle and dry fruit maker
·Raw material suppliers to food businesses
·Retailers & establishments who have a retail outlet
·Simple transporters who transfer items from one location to another
·Canteens in corporations, schools, colleges, hospitals or government institutions
·Packaged food manufacturers who produce items such as biscuits and ready to eat products Storage units and warehouses require a food safety registration instead of a production license.
Eligibility for applying for an FSSAI registration:
| Items / Dealers | Capacity |
| Food capacity (Milk & milk products, meat & meat products are not allowed) | Less than 100 kg/ltr per day |
| Milk | 500 litres per day |
| Milk solids | 2.5 Metric Ton (MT) per annum |
| Vegetable oil or the process | Turnover of up to 100 kg or ltr per day. |
| Meat processing production | More than 100 kgs per day or 30 MT per day. |
| Slaughtering capacity | Less than 2 large animals or 10 small
animals or 50 poultry birds per day |
| Food units other than the above mentioned | 100 ltr/Kg per day |
| Cold storage | Turnover of up to Rs.12 lakhs per annum |
| Wholesalers | The yearly turnover of up to Rs.12 lakhs |
| Retailers | The yearly turnover of up to Rs.12 lakhs |
| Distributors | The yearly turnover of up to Rs.12 lakhs |
| Suppliers | The yearly turnover of up to Rs.12 lakhs |
| Dhaba owners | Rs.12 lakhs turnover per annum |
| Clubs/Canteen | Rs.12 lakhs turnover per annum |
| Hotels/Restaurant | Rs.12 lakhs turnover per annum |
| Transporters | Rs.12 lakhs turnover per annum |
Renewal of the FSSAI:
Renewal of the FSSAI is as important as the registration of it. After the validity of a year, renewal of the FSSAI should be made in order to continue the business. You can renew the FSSAI licence through online portals rather than walking down to renew it manually. If any doubts, reaching a professional expert for his assistance in renewal would be better. The renewal sites are classified into five regional centres.
MINISTRY OF MICRO, SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES
NOTIFICATION.
S.O. 1702(E).—In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) read withsub-section (9) of section 7 of the ‘Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development Act, 2006 (27 of 2006) and in supersession of the notification of the Government of India, Ministry of Small Scale Industries, dated the 29th September, 2006, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section3, Sub-section(ii), vide S.O. 1642(E), dated the 30th September 2006 except as respects things done or omitted to be done before such supersession, the Central Government, hereby notifies the following criteria for classification of micro, small and medium enterprises, namely:—
(i) a micro enterprise, where the investment in Plant and Machinery or Equipment does notexceed one crore rupees and turnover does not exceed five crore rupees;
(ii) a small enterprise, where the investment in Plant and Machinery or Equipment does not exceed ten crore rupees and turnover does not exceed fifty crore rupees;
(iii) a medium enterprise, where the investment in Plant and Machinery or Equipment does notexceed fifty crore rupees and turnover does not exceed two hundred and fifty crore rupees.
This notification shall come into effect from 01.07.2020.
Composite Criteria: Investment in Plant & Machinery/equipment and Annual Turnover
| Classification | Micro | Small | Medium |
| Manufacturing Enterprises and Enterprises rendering Services | Investment in Plant and Machinery or Equipment: Not more than Rs.1 crore and Annual Turnover ; not more than Rs. 5 crore | Investment in Plant and Machinery or Equipment: Not more than Rs.10 crore and Annual Turnover ; not more than Rs. 50 crore | Investment in Plant and Machinery or Equipment: Not more than Rs.50 crore and Annual Turnover ; not more than Rs. 250 crore |
1. Manufacturing – All manufacturers can registered
2. Traders – No Registration
3. Services Sector – Focus Sectors For MSMEs in Services
· Tourism and Hospitality
· Education
· Banking and Financial Services
· Media-Entertainment
· E-Commerce and Retail
· IT and ITeS
· Business Management and Consulting
· Wellness and Holistic Healing
· Logistics and Transportation
· Professional Services Registration Process
Aadhar number is compulsory for registering under the MSME act. Any enterprise that qualifies under the definition of MSME can obtain Udaym Registration under the MSME Act. An application is to be filed online using Udyam Registration Portal for obtaining Udyam.
Udyam Registration is a completely online registration process and once the form is filled and submitted on the Udyam Registration portal, the registration certificate will be issued after a few days. The Udyam Registration has lifetime validity unless cancelled.
Documents Required
The Udyam registration process is entirely online and does not require the uploading of any documents. However, before applying for Udyam Registration, the proprietor or owner of the enterprise is required to have the following documents:
Aadhar Card
In the case of a Proprietorship Firm, the Aadhar number of the proprietor is to be entered in the Udyam Registration form.
In the case of a Partnership Firm, the Aadhar number of the managing partner is to be entered in the Udyam Registration form.
In the case of a Hindu Undivided Family (HUF), the Aadhar number of the Karta is to be entered in the Udyam Registration form.
In the case of a Company or Limited Liability Partnership or a Cooperative Society or a Society or a Trust, the Aadhar number of the organisation or authorised signatory is to be entered in the Udyam Registration form.
PAN Card
The above documents need not be uploaded but the Aadhar and PAN number of the entrepreneur is required to be entered in the registration form.
Registration Process
Aadhar number is compulsory for registering under the MSME act. Any enterprise that qualifies under the definition of MSME can obtain Udaym Registration under the MSME Act. An application is to be filed online using Udyam Registration Portal for obtaining Udyam.
Udyam Registration is a completely online registration process and once the form is filled and submitted on the Udyam Registration portal, the registration certificate will be issued after a few days. The Udyam Registration has lifetime validity unless cancelled.
Documents Required
The Udyam registration process is entirely online and does not require the uploading of any documents. However, before applying for Udyam Registration, the proprietor or owner of the enterprise is required to have the following documents:
Aadhar Card
In the case of a Proprietorship Firm, the Aadhar number of the proprietor is to be entered in the Udyam Registration form.
In the case of a Partnership Firm, the Aadhar number of the managing partner is to be entered in the Udyam Registration form.
In the case of a Hindu Undivided Family (HUF), the Aadhar number of the Karta is to be entered in the Udyam Registration form.
In the case of a Company or Limited Liability Partnership or a Cooperative Society or a Society or a Trust, the Aadhar number of the organisation or authorised signatory is to be entered in the Udyam Registration form.
PAN Card
The above documents need not be uploaded but the Aadhar and PAN number of the entrepreneur is required to be entered in the registration form.
Procedure for online registrationunder the West Bengal Shops & Establishments Act, 1963 and check list
Process for REGISTRATION:
1. The user will search for the url ‘ https://wbshopsonline.gov.in’ in the web browser;
2. Click to Online Apply for applying online to get Registration Certificate in the home page
of the portal;
3. If the applicant employer or shopkeeper is a New User, click on REGISTER and register
himself after submitting some credentials;
4. After successful registration user will receive a verification mail in his mail box;
5. User has to Click on the link sent to his mail to verify. Till the verification of e mail is
completed user registration will not be successful;
6. User has to verify this within 2 hours of registration otherwise user registration will be
cancelled and the user have to register afresh;
7. After successful verification user will receive an SMS as well as e-mail containing the
‘Username’ and ‘Password’ for Log In;
8. Now the user is to log in using the user id and password received and will landed into his
/her dashboard
9. After log in applicant has to fill in the information in 7 (Seven) steps.
Step 1- Name and Address of the Shop
Step 2- Information of Shop Keeper / Employer
Step 3- Information on Partner / Director, if any
Step 4- Information of the business ( Category , nature etc.)
Step 5- Employee details including family employment
Step 6- Declaration regarding weekly closer
Step 7- Uploading of documents and proceed for payment
Then applicant has to pay the required fees online.
After successful payment applicant has to download the Final signed registration certificate
from his dashboard.
Check List
Applicant has to upload only 2 (two) documents in Step 7. These are:-
1. Proof of Identity (Aadhar Card/Voter Card) of the Owner/Director
2. Proof of Occupancy (Municipality Tax Bill/Rent Bill etc.)
