After the FSSAI Registration or License is issued, the Food Business Operator (FBO) can alter or modify any information on FoSCoS. We assist in making amendments in FSSAI Registration or License.
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Food Business Operators (FBO) shall inform the relevant Authority of any modifications or additions or changes in product category, layout, expansion, closure, or any other material information based on which the license was granted in order to ensure that the Registering or Licensing Authority always has up-to-date information on their food business establishments.
All licensed Food Businesses can apply for the modification of details in their license, including the name of their business, registered address, kind of business, contact details or any of the basic legal documents filed while applying for FSSAI registration/ license. The process is easy, quick, and 100% online.
| S.No. | Eligibility for FSSAI license modification |
|---|---|
| 1. | All licensed Food Business Operators |
| 2. | All licensed Food Manufacturing Units |
| 3. | All licensed Food Processing Units |
| 4. | All licensed Food re-packagers & re-labellers |
| 5. | All licensed Food re-packagers & re-labellers |
There are two types of Modification in food licence or Registration certificate :
Any change in the above particulars is covered under Form C modification and is to be accompanied with a fee of Rs 1000 plus difference in licence fee if there is any change in the production capacity due to upgradation/expansion of food business.
No fee is required in the case of Non Form C modification.
The Food Business Operator shall make an application and submit the below documents for filing a modification in food licence, for effecting necessary changes :
The licensing Authority may approve and issue an amended license incorporating such changes in activities within 30 days from the date of receipt of such information.
The concerned registering or Licensing Authority shall access the feasibility of carrying on the business with the desired modifications or additions or changes in activities and, if required, may order an inspection of the premises before granting the approval for said modifications, Expansion or Changes in premise(s).If any clarification is raised by the licencing authority in modification , it need to responded with 30 days of raising such query.
A modification may lead to change in Name and address of a FBO or in licence number. As we all know that prepackaged foods are required to contain this information as to the FBO on its label/package. It is made mandatory under regulation 2.2.2. Of Food Safety & Standards ( Packaging & labeling) Regulations, 2011.
It is ordinary practice in the food business to go for bulk printing of packaging material. Thus any change as to the licence no., name and address of FBO would cause the destruction of pre printed packaging material causing huge loss to the company.
FSSAI considered the difficulties of the FBO in case of Modification and made a provision for grant of permission to use pre printed packaging material containing the old particulars of the FBO vide FSSAI orders no. 12(2)2016 and 12(2)2017. The conditions imposed in the said orders for grant of permission are as under :
| Fee | Central Licence | State Licence |
|---|---|---|
| 1st Extension for a period of 6 months | Rs 7500 | Rs 3000 |
| 2nd Extension for next 6 months | Rs 15000 | Rs 6000 |
| 3rd Extension for next 6 months | Rs 15000 | Rs 6000 |
Thus, you may use the pre-printed packaging material with older FSSAI License number and/or old name and address of FBO with the permission of FSSAI and save the destruction of old packaging material. The team setindiabiz will help you in filing the request for use of re-printed packaging material.
The process of applying for FSSAI registration/license modification is completely application-based, and thus documentation is key to its success. As already discussed above, all the documents that were originally submitted while filing the application for registration/license will have to be submitted again, along with certain additional documents. We strongly recommend that you arrange all the documents you need to upload beforehand to avoid any hindrances in the later stages of the application filing process.
Once you have all the documents, you are required to visit the FoSCoS website, and click on the “Modification of License and Registration tab”. You will be directed to a page where you will have to log in using the license/registration/application number, and your password. Small or petty FBOs can sign in using their registered contact numbers.
After you login, from the left panel, you will have to click on the “Modification” tab and then from the dropdown click on “apply for modification of license / registration”.
The details of the license and a list of modifications you can make appear on your screen. You are required to select the details which you want to change or modify. The type of your modification will be determined based on the details you’ve chosen.We have already discussed the types of FSSAI modifications in the section above.
Once you have edited or modified the details, you can upload all the necessary documents in their digital formats. The list of all the documents are mentioned above.
Finally, after uploading the documents, you can proceed to submit the application on the website itself. Once submitted, the concerned authority will begin processing your application and upon final approval, will effect the changes or modifications in your license.
